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Seema Malhotra vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 527 shared comparable votes.

513 same votes 14 different votes 527 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
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

68.4%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
1,657
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
749
1,133 eligible divisions
924
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
405
54.1% of votes cast
733
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
344
45.9% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

69
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Appearances
114
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
337
+168.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Contributions
253
+84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
184 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
35 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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