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Seema Malhotra vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 686 shared comparable votes.

660 same votes 26 different votes 686 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
31 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 77% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 82% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
62 Aye 25 No
Tax 93% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 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
54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 608 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,605 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
478
54.8 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
395
45.2 % 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
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
10
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
21
-92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % 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

Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 152 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 65 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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