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Zarah Sultana vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Helen Whately voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 921 different votes 1,009 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
22 Aye 20 No
Housing 19% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 13% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
45 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 103 shared votes
54 Aye 49 No
16 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
65
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API