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Brian Mathew vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 165 different votes 209 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
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 13 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 515 of 650
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 650
393
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,630
2,387 eligible divisions
199
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
56.0% of votes cast
194
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
717
44.0% of votes cast
13
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

83
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
67
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
93
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
339
+189.9 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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