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Barry Gardiner vs Seema Malhotra
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Barry Gardiner and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.
1,278 same votes
5 different votes
1,283 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.4%
5% below average
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Debates
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
13
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API