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Seema Malhotra vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,040 different votes 1,088 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
12 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
60 Aye 109 No
24 Aye 68 No
Migration 3% aligned 92 shared votes
65 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 25 No
Transport 2% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 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
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 649
1,605
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,458
2,361 eligible divisions
904
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
45.5 % of votes cast
701
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
795
54.5 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
327
+188.7 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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