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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 92% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

1,033 same votes 87 different votes 1,120 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
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 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
24 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 86% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 18 No
Housing 86% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 No
48 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 112 shared votes
47 Aye 65 No
23 Aye 26 No
Transport 88% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 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
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
55.2% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

17
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
Appearances
98
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
17
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
121
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

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