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Seema Malhotra vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 916 shared comparable votes.

865 same votes 51 different votes 916 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 7 No
Housing 75% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 76% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 7 No
Energy 93% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,202
1,605 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
623
51.8 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
579
48.2 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Appearances
16
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 647
312
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 647
Contributions
21
-92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 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
183 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API