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Bob Blackman vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,455 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,388 different votes 1,455 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
17 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 6% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
69 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 28 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 133 shared votes
36 Aye 97 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API