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Ian Murray vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,370 shared comparable votes.

1,354 same votes 16 different votes 1,370 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
104 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 Aye 53 No
37 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No
54 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
54 Aye 63 No
31 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 12 No
Energy 97% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 24 No
Trade 98% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
109 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 182 shared votes
110 Aye 72 No
104 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 Aye 53 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 650
Participation
68.4%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 650
1,704
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,642
2,401 eligible divisions
941
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
55.7% of votes cast
763
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
727
44.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

75
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
69
-18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
152
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
341
+189.0 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 76 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API