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Zarah Sultana vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,022 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 934 different votes 1,022 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 18 No
Housing 21% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
49 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 119 shared votes
65 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 12% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 89 No
Migration 0% aligned 121 shared votes
89 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% 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
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API