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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,050 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 975 different votes 1,050 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 19 No
Housing 21% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
54 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 119 shared votes
59 Aye 60 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 12% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 96 No
Migration 0% aligned 130 shared votes
96 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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