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Zarah Sultana vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 940 shared comparable votes.

880 same votes 60 different votes 940 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 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Housing 75% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 76% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 90% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.6%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
68.0%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
1,231
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,368 eligible divisions
638
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
905
56.2% of votes cast
593
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
706
43.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Appearances
57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
329
+189.6 vs Commons average
Rank 47 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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
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
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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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