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Zarah Sultana vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Jesse Norman voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 846 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 763 different votes 846 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
9 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
47 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 12% aligned 43 shared votes
10 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 11% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 16 No
Migration 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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 319 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
52
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
101
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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