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Seema Malhotra vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
vs
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,372 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,313 different votes 1,372 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
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 9 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
106 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
65 Aye 109 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
88 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 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
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,605
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
904
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
701
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % 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
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
327
+188.7 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
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
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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