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Zarah Sultana vs Michael Shanks

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 Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Michael Shanks voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

324 same votes 68 different votes 392 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
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 97% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 9 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 53% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Trade 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 81% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 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 329 of 650
Participation
63.9 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 650
1,212
1,626 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
746 eligible divisions
626
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
228
47.8 % of votes cast
586
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
249
52.2 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

17
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
79
+9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650
22
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
325
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
11 of 12 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Defence
58 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 23 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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 (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API