The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Rushanara Ali vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.

1,416 same votes 6 different votes 1,422 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
124 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
124 Aye 58 No
38 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
38 Aye 93 No
59 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
59 Aye 62 No
38 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
110 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 179 shared votes
111 Aye 68 No
124 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
124 Aye 58 No
38 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
38 Aye 93 No
59 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
59 Aye 62 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
20
1.1% 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

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Contributions
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API