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Zarah Sultana vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and John McDonnell voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

1,040 same votes 75 different votes 1,115 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
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 82% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 17 No
Housing 84% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
50 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 128 shared votes
56 Aye 72 No
27 Aye 22 No
Benefits 88% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 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 323 of 647
Participation
78.9 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
54.6 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
835
45.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 647
Appearances
89
+23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
21
-94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 647
Contributions
122
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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