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Sir John Whittingdale vs Seema Malhotra

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

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

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,355 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,299 different votes 1,355 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
13 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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