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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 97 different votes 323 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 92% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 45% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 59% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 138 of 649
1,223
1,641 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
573 eligible divisions
632
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
233
48.9 % of votes cast
591
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
243
51.1 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Appearances
7
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 649
17
-118.8 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Contributions
8
-127.8 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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