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Zarah Sultana vs Mike Martin

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

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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
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Mike Martin
LD Tunbridge Wells

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Mike Martin voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 126 different votes 241 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 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 79% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 22 No
Tax 13% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 31% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 584 of 649
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
336
575 eligible divisions
634
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
55.4 % of votes cast
591
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
150
44.6 % 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

14
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
106
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
16
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Contributions
141
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27 % below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
40
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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