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Zarah Sultana vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 940 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 871 different votes 940 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
16 Aye 15 No
Housing 26% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 19% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 14% aligned 36 shared votes
6 Aye 30 No
45 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 2% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 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
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
49 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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
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
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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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