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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.
Voting alignment
Seema Malhotra and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,429 shared comparable votes.
51 same votes
1,378 different votes
1,429 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
68.1 %
5 % below average
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
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
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API