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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.

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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 715 shared comparable votes.

686 same votes 29 different votes 715 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 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
12 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
730
57.5% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
539
42.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
826
+680.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
182 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 91 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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