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Zarah Sultana vs Michelle Welsh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 101 different votes 341 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
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 93% aligned 70 shared votes
44 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 48% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 49% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 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 319 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API