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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.

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Paula Barker voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,086 shared comparable votes.

997 same votes 89 different votes 1,086 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
20 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 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
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Housing 80% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 No
55 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 126 shared votes
61 Aye 65 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

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,235
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,308
1,654 eligible divisions
639
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.1% of votes cast
596
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
627
47.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

15
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
77
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
17
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Contributions
81
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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
£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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API