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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 85% of the time, based on 558 shared comparable votes.

472 same votes 86 different votes 558 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 319 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
215
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
13
6 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 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