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Seema Malhotra vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 860 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 811 different votes 860 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
35 Aye 91 No
Migration 5% aligned 126 shared votes
85 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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: 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
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
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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