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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Christopher Chope

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
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 648 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 577 different votes 648 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
11 Aye 15 No
Housing 31% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 22% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 2 No
Trade 16% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
88 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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