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Gareth Bacon vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 964 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 929 different votes 964 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
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 20 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 92 shared votes
38 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
335
+189.3 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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