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Esther McVey vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 952 different votes 1,001 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
4 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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