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Rushanara Ali vs Kit Malthouse

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,583 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,514 different votes 1,583 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
16 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 14 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
12 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
42 Aye 36 No
Trade 4% aligned 78 shared votes
39 Aye 39 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 71 of 649
1,802
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,033
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.7 % of votes cast
779
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,063
52.3 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Appearances
77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Contributions
118
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
88 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Economic Activity of Public Bodies Carry-Over 22 Apr 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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