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Zarah Sultana vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 856 shared comparable votes.

812 same votes 44 different votes 856 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
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 77% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 82% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
44 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 107 shared votes
49 Aye 58 No
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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 324 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
634
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
851
57.5 % of votes cast
591
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
629
42.5 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
142 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Trade
44 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
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
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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
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