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Seema Malhotra vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,195 different votes 1,244 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
93 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 160 shared votes
68 Aye 92 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 91 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
91 Aye 31 No
47 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 108 shared votes
61 Aye 47 No
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 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 107 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,759
2,068 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
49.2 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
894
50.8 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % 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
31
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
38
-75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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 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
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
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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