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Zarah Sultana vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 538 shared comparable votes.

461 same votes 77 different votes 538 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
16 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 50% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 14 No
Housing 76% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 2 No
Trade 77% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Transport 77% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 78% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 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 324 of 650
Participation
65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 650
1,212
1,622 eligible divisions
Total votes
685
1,051 eligible divisions
626
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
374
54.6 % of votes cast
586
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
311
45.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

16
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
84
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
21
-99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
Contributions
264
+143.6 vs Commons average
Rank 57 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Defence
58 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

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