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Seema Malhotra vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sarah Olney voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 870 shared comparable votes.

718 same votes 152 different votes 870 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
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 89 No
Migration 99% aligned 107 shared votes
19 Aye 88 No
36 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 17 No
Education 48% aligned 40 shared votes
30 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
72 Aye 42 No
Tax 61% aligned 114 shared votes
73 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 5 No
Housing 61% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 413 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,140
1,605 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
53.8 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
527
46.2 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
122
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
152
+38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API