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Zarah Sultana vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Paula Barker voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

1,013 same votes 97 different votes 1,110 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
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 98 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
29 Aye 96 No
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Housing 80% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
57 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 130 shared votes
62 Aye 68 No
12 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 20 No
Benefits 87% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 88% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 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 319 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

17
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
89
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
17
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
85
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 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