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Brendan O'Hara vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,031 shared comparable votes.

953 same votes 78 different votes 1,031 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
28 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Energy 74% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 21 No
Benefits 74% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
108 Aye 51 No
Tax 79% aligned 159 shared votes
107 Aye 52 No
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 91% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
1,375
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,406 eligible divisions
758
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.8% of votes cast
617
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
728
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

82
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
71
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
95
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Contributions
343
+187.0 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API