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Zarah Sultana vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Ian Lavery voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,092 shared comparable votes.

1,012 same votes 80 different votes 1,092 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
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 97 No
Migration 99% aligned 133 shared votes
34 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 17 No
Housing 86% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 86% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 26 No
Transport 88% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
76.2%
5% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,231
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,368 eligible divisions
638
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
55.6% of votes cast
593
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
802
44.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

14
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
80
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
16
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
107
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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