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Seema Malhotra vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,390 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,323 different votes 1,390 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
25 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
110 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 181 shared votes
71 Aye 110 No
28 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% 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
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
209 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 17 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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