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Seema Malhotra vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Ed Davey voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 971 shared comparable votes.

852 same votes 119 different votes 971 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
94 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
94 Aye 63 No
34 Aye 65 No
Migration 99% aligned 99 shared votes
35 Aye 64 No
27 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 27 No
Trade 95% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 57% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Housing 58% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 74% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
73 Aye 37 No
Tax 75% aligned 110 shared votes
79 Aye 31 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
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 571 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,261
2,068 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
706
56.0 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
555
44.0 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
84
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
54 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit 13 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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