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Matthew Patrick vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

264 same votes 1 different votes 265 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
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
475
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
231
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
244
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
9
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

31
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
Appearances
64
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
98
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
336
+188.3 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
0
0 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API