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Zarah Sultana vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

681 same votes 27 different votes 708 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
19 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
19 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 9 No
Benefits 73% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 91% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 3 No
Education 92% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
37 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 91 shared votes
41 Aye 50 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
Participation
54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
725
57.7 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
532
42.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
35
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
544
+436.1 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Trade
58 of 88 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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