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Seema Malhotra vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,236 different votes 1,282 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
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
99 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 166 shared votes
67 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
129 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 187 shared votes
58 Aye 129 No
27 Aye 92 No
Migration 0% aligned 119 shared votes
92 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API