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Seema Malhotra vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,289 different votes 1,361 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
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 172 shared votes
70 Aye 102 No
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
183 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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