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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.


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Ed Davey voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 983 shared comparable votes.

855 same votes 128 different votes 983 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
28 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 27 No
Trade 93% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 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

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
Participation
59.6%
13% below average
Rank 574 of 650
1,647
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,281
2,151 eligible divisions
919
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
56.0% of votes cast
728
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
563
44.0% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

70
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
72
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
340
+180.5 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Contributions
122
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650

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
11
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
184 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 189 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API