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Seema Malhotra vs Helen Whately

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,398 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,321 different votes 1,398 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 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
54 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
60 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% 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
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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