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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.

Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South
vs
Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

976 same votes 73 different votes 1,049 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
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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
31 Aye 18 No
Education 84% aligned 49 shared votes
35 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 121 shared votes
60 Aye 61 No
20 Aye 26 No
Transport 89% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 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 322 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 647
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,802
2,333 eligible divisions
625
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.4 % of votes cast
582
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
785
43.6 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 647
Appearances
30
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 647
21
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 647
Contributions
15
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 647

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
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
60 of 65 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Education
90 of 95 votes
Defence
54 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 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
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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