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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.

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Hilary Benn voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,056 shared comparable votes.

964 same votes 92 different votes 1,056 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
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
31 Aye 16 No
Education 85% aligned 47 shared votes
34 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 322 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,801
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
778
43.2 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

16
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Appearances
44
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
21
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Contributions
388
+270.0 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
15
5 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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Defence
54 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
56 of 64 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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