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Seema Malhotra vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,162 shared comparable votes.

1,013 same votes 149 different votes 1,162 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
34 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
34 Aye 73 No
100 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 166 shared votes
99 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 96% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
49 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 105 shared votes
46 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 20 No
Education 58% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
109 Aye 50 No
Tax 72% aligned 159 shared votes
101 Aye 58 No
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 80% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
191 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API