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Alistair Strathern vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

385 same votes 13 different votes 398 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
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
68.4%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
641
805 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,422 eligible divisions
329
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
924
55.8% of votes cast
312
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
733
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

94
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
68
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
104
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Contributions
336
+166.8 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
33 of 33 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API