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Valerie Vaz vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,451 shared comparable votes.

1,450 same votes 1 different votes 1,451 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
131 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
131 Aye 64 No
110 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
110 Aye 69 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
38 Aye 100 No
61 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
61 Aye 63 No
41 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
131 Aye 64 No
110 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
110 Aye 69 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
38 Aye 100 No
61 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
61 Aye 63 No
41 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 649
Participation
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 464 of 649
1,819
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,368 eligible divisions
1,024
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
905
56.2% of votes cast
795
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
706
43.8% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

29
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 649
Appearances
57
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
15
-122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649
Contributions
329
+191.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API