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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 913 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 845 different votes 913 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
12 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 22% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 18 No
Housing 20% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
46 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 110 shared votes
56 Aye 54 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 10% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 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
78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
48.3 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
936
51.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
0
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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
55 of 67 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