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Sammy Wilson vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 817 different votes 1,083 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
48 Aye 30 No
Migration 42% aligned 78 shared votes
21 Aye 57 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 40% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
61 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 92 shared votes
34 Aye 58 No
28 Aye 17 No
Defence 38% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 3 No
Housing 35% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 17 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
61 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 170 shared votes
104 Aye 66 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
68 Aye 86 No
Tax 18% aligned 154 shared votes
99 Aye 55 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
335
+189.3 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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