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Zarah Sultana vs Stephen Doughty

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
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Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 838 shared comparable votes.

801 same votes 37 different votes 838 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
35 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
35 Aye 75 No
19 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 89% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 91% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
41 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 99 shared votes
47 Aye 52 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
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
58.0 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
647
42.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
17
1.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
54
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
298
+190.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
177 of 211 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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