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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 90% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

996 same votes 109 different votes 1,105 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
16 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 20 No
Transport 97% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 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 19 No
Housing 82% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
53 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 124 shared votes
60 Aye 64 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

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,865
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,051
56.4% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.6% 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
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

17
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
67
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
17
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
417
+259.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 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