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Gareth Snell vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 654 shared comparable votes.

638 same votes 16 different votes 654 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
62 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
62 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 11 No
Transport 93% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
67 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
62 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
62 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
550
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,652
2,417 eligible divisions
271
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
921
55.8% of votes cast
279
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
731
44.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
336
+171.4 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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