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Seema Malhotra vs Mr Peter Bedford

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 198 different votes 201 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
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
73.4 %
same as average
Rank 357 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
537 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
43.9 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
221
56.1 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.3 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
65
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API