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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 3% of the time, based on 1,263 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,263 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 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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 91 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
91 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
24 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 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
75.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,753
2,323 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
825
47.1 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
928
52.9 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
157
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
177
+63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£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
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API