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Alan Strickland vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

281 same votes 1 different votes 282 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
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
520
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
260
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
260
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
34
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
Contributions
335
+189.3 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API