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Mark Garnier vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,393 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,329 different votes 1,393 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
13 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
74 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 181 shared votes
110 Aye 71 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 112 shared votes
52 Aye 60 No
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
22
7 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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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