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Zarah Sultana vs Rushanara Ali

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

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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
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Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,048 shared comparable votes.

944 same votes 104 different votes 1,048 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
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 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
26 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 73% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 20 No
Housing 80% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 83% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
54 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 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 320 of 649
Participation
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
1,236
1,656 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,374 eligible divisions
639
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
597
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
785
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

17
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
45
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
19
-121.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
42
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
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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