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Zarah Sultana vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Hilary Benn voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

980 same votes 101 different votes 1,081 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 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 74% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 18 No
Housing 81% aligned 43 shared votes
33 Aye 10 No
51 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 120 shared votes
59 Aye 61 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 85% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 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 318 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,235
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,372 eligible divisions
639
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.5% of votes cast
596
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

15
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
17
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Contributions
458
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API