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Zarah Sultana vs Heidi Alexander

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

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
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Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

195 same votes 77 different votes 272 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
32 Aye 19 No
Tax 94% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 86% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 41% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
547
+403.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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