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Zarah Sultana vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,082 shared comparable votes.

999 same votes 83 different votes 1,082 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Housing 82% aligned 44 shared votes
33 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 12 No
Benefits 83% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 84% aligned 50 shared votes
36 Aye 14 No
56 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 No
21 Aye 26 No
Transport 87% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,259
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
648
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
611
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

17
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
Appearances
32
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
17
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
14
-142.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
13
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Housing
46 of 54 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
47 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API