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Karin Smyth vs Seema Malhotra
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Karin Smyth and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,379 shared comparable votes.
1,366 same votes
13 different votes
1,379 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.7%
same as average
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
1,741
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,396 eligible divisions
969
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
914
55.8% of votes cast
772
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
723
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Debates
112
+24.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-18.2 vs Commons average
415
+263.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
341
+189.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API