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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 1,259 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,210 different votes 1,259 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
31 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 649
Participation
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
1,605
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,106 eligible divisions
904
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
49.3 % of votes cast
701
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
905
50.7 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
327
+188.7 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
23
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650

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
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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 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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