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Jo Platt vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 639 shared comparable votes.

624 same votes 15 different votes 639 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
68 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
75 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 114 shared votes
74 Aye 40 No
68 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
68 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 650
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
496
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,652
2,417 eligible divisions
250
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
921
55.8% of votes cast
246
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
731
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

27
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
Appearances
68
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API