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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 922 shared comparable votes.

100 same votes 822 different votes 922 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
13 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 19 No
Housing 24% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
46 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 115 shared votes
64 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 13% aligned 40 shared votes
9 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
86 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API