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Seema Malhotra vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,327 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,273 different votes 1,327 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
22 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
109 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
63 Aye 113 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 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
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,323 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
47.5 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
986
52.5 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
85
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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

Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API