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Zarah Sultana vs Melanie Ward

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 Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Melanie Ward voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 67 different votes 288 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 94% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 50% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 80% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

74.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 291 of 650
1,215
1,633 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
565 eligible divisions
629
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
50.1 % of votes cast
586
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
214
49.9 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

16
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
71
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
18
-110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Contributions
89
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14 % below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API