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Ruth Cadbury vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,425 shared comparable votes.

1,413 same votes 12 different votes 1,425 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
131 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
131 Aye 64 No
58 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
58 Aye 68 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 12 No
Energy 97% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
104 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
131 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
131 Aye 64 No
58 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
58 Aye 68 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 650
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 650
1,793
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,396 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
914
55.8% of votes cast
797
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
723
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Appearances
69
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
81
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Contributions
341
+189.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
60 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API