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Wera Hobhouse vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,161 shared comparable votes.

977 same votes 184 different votes 1,161 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
92 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
92 Aye 67 No
14 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 82 No
Migration 98% aligned 107 shared votes
25 Aye 82 No
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
44 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 97 shared votes
41 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 9 No
Education 52% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
80 Aye 48 No
Tax 64% aligned 128 shared votes
88 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 68% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 69% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,406 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.8% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
728
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

155
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
71
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
218
+57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Contributions
341
+180.1 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
12
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

#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Trade
70 of 90 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