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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.


Voting alignment

Zarah Sultana and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 848 shared comparable votes.

806 same votes 42 different votes 848 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
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 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
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 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
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
619
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.7 % of votes cast
574
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
620
42.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
Appearances
44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
Contributions
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£293,732
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 58 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Trade
42 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
51 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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