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Seema Malhotra vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,196 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
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
110 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 172 shared votes
64 Aye 108 No
11 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API