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Steve Darling vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 174 different votes 222 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 13 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 469 of 650
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 650
403
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,624
2,381 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.0% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
715
44.0% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

146
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
65
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
172
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
337
+188.4 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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