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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 1,141 shared comparable votes.

1,058 same votes 83 different votes 1,141 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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
22 Aye 28 No
Transport 88% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 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
79.1%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,231
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,873
2,368 eligible divisions
638
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
54.4% of votes cast
593
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
855
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

14
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
119
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
16
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
150
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
13
6 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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