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Zarah Sultana vs Mr Toby Perkins

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
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,002 shared comparable votes.

907 same votes 95 different votes 1,002 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
21 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 73% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 17 No
Housing 74% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 82% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
53 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 121 shared votes
58 Aye 63 No
15 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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 322 of 647
Participation
73.3 %
same as average
Rank 356 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,709
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
947
55.4 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
762
44.6 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Appearances
60
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
21
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Contributions
112
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
59 of 64 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Defence
54 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API