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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Edward Leigh

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

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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 841 different votes 914 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
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 16% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 104 shared votes
60 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 90 No
Migration 0% aligned 115 shared votes
90 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
169
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
Contributions
190
+47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 141 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
188 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
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