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Zarah Sultana vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 803 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 733 different votes 803 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
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 16 No
Housing 27% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 9% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 8% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
639
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
599
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
3
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API