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Priti Patel vs Seema Malhotra

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

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Priti Patel
Con Witham
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,096 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,046 different votes 1,096 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
60 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
105 Aye 64 No
65 Aye 27 No
Migration 3% aligned 92 shared votes
24 Aye 68 No
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
14
1.0% 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

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
12
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
189 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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