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David Davis vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

David Davis and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,136 shared comparable votes.

104 same votes 1,032 different votes 1,136 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
68 Aye 42 No
Migration 15% aligned 110 shared votes
31 Aye 79 No
21 Aye 32 No
Trade 15% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
43 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 82 shared votes
37 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 22 No
Benefits 12% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 18 No
Defence 10% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
330
+187.7 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Re-committal motion 29 Nov 2023
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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