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Paul Holmes vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 900 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 848 different votes 900 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
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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