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Rishi Sunak vs Seema Malhotra

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 774 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 735 different votes 774 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
7 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 11 No
Migration 7% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
51 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 147 shared votes
95 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 73 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
73 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

43.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 631 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 469 of 648
1,000
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,582
2,312 eligible divisions
451
45.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
893
56.4 % of votes cast
549
54.9 % of votes cast
No votes
689
43.6 % of votes cast
4
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

21
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 648
23
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 648
Contributions
214
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12 % above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
167 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Trade
59 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Transport
52 of 87 votes
#4
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 45 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API