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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 885 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 814 different votes 885 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 20 No
Housing 20% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
41 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 98 shared votes
53 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 10% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
146
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
Contributions
184
+41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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