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Seema Malhotra vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Seema Malhotra and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.
1,410 same votes
12 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
68.3%
4% below average
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
1,637
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,766
2,396 eligible divisions
914
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
954
54.0% of votes cast
723
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
812
46.0% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
69
-17.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
341
+189.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
62
-89.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API