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Chris Law vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.

847 same votes 73 different votes 920 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
19 Aye 27 No
Trade 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 11 No
Energy 62% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
95 Aye 47 No
Tax 75% aligned 142 shared votes
96 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 78% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

51.6%
21% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
68.1%
5% below average
Rank 463 of 649
1,223
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,615
2,372 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
905
56.0% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

56
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649
65
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
Contributions
330
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Trade
61 of 91 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