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Mark Sewards vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

276 same votes 8 different votes 284 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
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
68.4%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
491
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,422 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
924
55.8% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
733
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 11 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

202
+105.0 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Appearances
68
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
213
+43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
336
+166.8 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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