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Zarah Sultana vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Priti Patel voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 704 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 632 different votes 704 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
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 26% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 16% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API