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Zarah Sultana vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 698 shared comparable votes.

602 same votes 96 different votes 698 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
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 57% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 18 No
Housing 76% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 79% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 80% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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 324 of 650
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 650
1,212
1,622 eligible divisions
Total votes
860
1,134 eligible divisions
626
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
422
49.1 % of votes cast
586
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
438
50.9 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

16
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
52
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
21
-99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
Contributions
71
-49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 376 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Defence
58 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API