Seema Malhotra’s voting in Parliament

Seema Malhotra is a Labour/Co-operative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour/Co-operative MPs.

However, Seema Malhotra sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Seema Malhotra consistently voted for fixed periods between parliamentary elections, while most Labour/Co-operative MPs generally voted against. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Seema Malhotra’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Seema Malhotra’s full vote analysis page for more.

Seema Malhotra has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Domestic Abuse Victims in Family Law Courts 15 Sep 2016

  I thank my hon. Friend for her speech. She has highlighted a very important issue, which has certainly become increasingly apparent to me from my casework, about the training given to local authority teams—sometimes in social services and sometimes in housing—that deal with family issues involving domestic violence or domestic abuse. Does she agree with me about the importance of...

• Domestic Abuse Victims in Family Law Courts 15 Sep 2016

  My hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful speech. I have been struck by a number of constituents and by other people whom I have met through my work in the House who have said that, as victims, when they have gone into the courts, including family courts, they have felt that they have not been believed and that those involved in the judiciary do not fully understand the patterns of...

• Business of the House 15 Sep 2016

  Two weeks ago, Paawan Purba, a 20-year-old student from Heston, died of meningitis within 48 hours of contracting what appeared to be normal flu. She had no other obvious symptoms. Her parents, her sister Isha and the rest of her family have described to me how they knew little about how the disease could strike, or that any strand of it was potentially fatal. That level of knowledge has been...

More of Seema Malhotra’s recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Feltham and Heston

Entered the House of Commons on 16 December 2011 — Byelection

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015

• Maiden speech
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Health
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Justice
• Work Experience
• Feltham Young Offender Institution
• Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults
• Productivity
• Crimes of Violence: Females

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (14 Sep 2015 to 26 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (8 May 2015 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (7 Oct 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Justice Committee (6 Feb 2012 to 25 Nov 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Alan Keen
• Patrick Ground

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Care Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (11 out of 14)

Numerology

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.
More about this

• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Seema Malhotra’s speeches
• Has received answers to 105 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70.83% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 77 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Seema Malhotra’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 117 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)