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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 713 shared comparable votes.

612 same votes 101 different votes 713 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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 91 No
Migration 96% aligned 111 shared votes
21 Aye 90 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
22 Aye 18 No
Education 80% aligned 40 shared votes
26 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 319 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
81
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
13
6 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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