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Seema Malhotra vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

895 same votes 71 different votes 966 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
35 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
35 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 69% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 22 No
Benefits 75% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
103 Aye 43 No
Tax 82% aligned 146 shared votes
100 Aye 46 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
56.5 %
17 % below average
Rank 598 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,323 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
93
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
211
+97.2 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API