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Seema Malhotra vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,018 shared comparable votes.

942 same votes 76 different votes 1,018 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
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 74% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 74% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
107 Aye 52 No
Tax 79% aligned 159 shared votes
108 Aye 51 No
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 91% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 647
Participation
58.3 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,323 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
43
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
49
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API