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Mike Wood vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,348 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,282 different votes 1,348 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
14 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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