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Zarah Sultana vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 746 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 691 different votes 746 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
9 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 24% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 13 No
Housing 18% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 13% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 13% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
95
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
266
+158.1 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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