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Seema Malhotra vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,203 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,140 different votes 1,203 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
21 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
54 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 106 shared votes
59 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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