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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.


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 968 shared comparable votes.

900 same votes 68 different votes 968 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
23 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 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 16 No
Housing 76% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 76% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 45 shared votes
27 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%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.8% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
728
44.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

17
-73.0 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
Appearances
71
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
17
-139.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
343
+186.4 vs Commons average
Rank 52 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
£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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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