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Zarah Sultana vs Gareth Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 964 shared comparable votes.

876 same votes 88 different votes 964 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 98% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Housing 73% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 75% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 25 No
Transport 86% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
43 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 100 shared votes
45 Aye 55 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

17
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
49
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
17
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
53
-105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
65 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API