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Richard Foord vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

268 same votes 158 different votes 426 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 53 No
Migration 97% aligned 68 shared votes
17 Aye 51 No
15 Aye 3 No
Energy 89% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 21% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 23 No
Tax 33% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 38% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 13 No
Housing 45% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
6
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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API