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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.

Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,289 different votes 1,343 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
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 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

68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 464 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,605
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
904
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
701
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
327
+188.7 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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