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Zarah Sultana vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Michael Payne voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

223 same votes 87 different votes 310 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 92% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 40% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 63% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 649
Participation
76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 649
1,220
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
570 eligible divisions
631
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
228
52.2 % of votes cast
589
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
209
47.8 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
23
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
17
-116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
Contributions
24
-109.8 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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