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Seema Malhotra vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,235 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,183 different votes 1,235 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
13 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 103 shared votes
56 Aye 47 No
31 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 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
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,068 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
48.2 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
911
51.8 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
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
121
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
189
+75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
80 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
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
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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