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Seema Malhotra vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,448 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,397 different votes 1,448 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
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
111 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 183 shared votes
70 Aye 113 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
98 Aye 36 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 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
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,605
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
904
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
701
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
327
+188.7 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
183 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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