Seema Malhotra compared to 'Increase VAT'

voted moderately against the policy

by scoring 33.7% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Seema Malhotra	Policy vote
Commons	11 Jan 2012	Opposition Day — Energy Prices	minority	Majority
Commons	16 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Cost of Living — Public Transport Fares — VAT on Fuel	minority	Majority
Commons	17 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Tax on Bank Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — VAT Reduction — Make Investment Sooner	minority	Majority
Commons	17 May 2012	Queens' Speech — Jobs — Banker's Bonus Tax — VAT Cut — Tax Incentive to Take on Workers — Sooner Infrastructure Investment	minority	Majority
Commons	3 Jul 2012	Finance Bill — New Clause 12 — Rate of VAT	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	5 Sep 2012	Opposition Day — Housing	minority	Majority
Commons	5 Sep 2012	Opposition Day — House Building — Bankers' Bonus Tax — VAT on Work on Homes	minority	minority
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Rate of VAT	minority	Majority (strong)
House	Date	Subject	Seema Malhotra	Policy vote
Commons	14 Jul 2015	Summer Budget 2015	minority	minority
Commons	21 Jul 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading	absent	minority
Commons	21 Jul 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Second Reading	absent	minority
Commons	26 Oct 2015	Finance Bill 2015-16 — Third Reading	minority	minority
House	Date	Subject	Seema Malhotra	Policy vote
Commons	25 Jun 2019	The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019	absent	Majority
House	Date	Subject	Seema Malhotra	Policy vote
Commons	11 Jan 2022	Household Energy Bills: VAT	minority	Majority
Commons	18 May 2022	Programme for Government — Amendment from the Leader of the Liberal Democrats	absent	Majority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	1	0	50
MP absent	2	50	100
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	3	30	30
MP voted against policy	6	0	60
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	3	3	6
Total:		83	246
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

246

= 33.7 %.

How the number is calculated

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