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Seema Malhotra vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 738 shared comparable votes.

731 same votes 7 different votes 738 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
70 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
70 Aye 46 No
68 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
68 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
70 Aye 46 No
68 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
68 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.4%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,646
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
918
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
728
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
343
+188.4 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
184 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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