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Andrew Western vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 487 shared comparable votes.

474 same votes 13 different votes 487 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
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 63 shared votes
17 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 63 shared votes
17 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
Participation
68.4%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
752
1,019 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,422 eligible divisions
368
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
924
55.8% of votes cast
384
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
733
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

53
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
69
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
317
+148.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
337
+168.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
8
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Education
50 of 58 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