Seema Malhotra compared to 'Coalition Programme for Government

voted moderately against the policy

Coalition Programme for Government - For

by scoring 28.7% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
House	Date	Subject	Seema Malhotra	Policy vote
Commons	25 Jan 2012	Draft City of Birmingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	25 Jan 2012	Draft City of Bradford (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Draft City of Liverpool (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — 3 May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Draft City of Nottingham (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Draft City of Leeds (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Draft City of Bristol (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	7 Feb 2012	Opposition Day — Banking — Access to Credit for Businesses — Banking Sector Pay Reform	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Draft City of Manchester (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Draft City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Draft City of Sheffield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Draft City of Coventry (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	8 Feb 2012	Draft City of Wakefield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 — May 2012 Referendum on a Directly Elected Mayor	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	13 Mar 2012	Health and Social Care Bill	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	26 Mar 2012	March 2012 Budget	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	16 Apr 2012	Finance Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	16 Apr 2012	Finance Bill (carry over)	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	23 May 2012	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — Individual Electoral Registration — Decline Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	23 May 2012	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	26 Jun 2012	Opposition Day — Defence Reform — Military Covenant — Strategic Defence and Security Review Assumptions	minority	minority (strong)
Commons	27 Jun 2012	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — Third Reading — Individual voter registration etc.	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	16 Jul 2012	National Health Service — Health Spending and Rationing by Cost	minority	minority
Commons	25 Oct 2012	Badger Cull	Majority	minority
Commons	19 Dec 2012	Energy Bill — Decline Second Reading	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Electoral Registration and Administration Bill — New Clause on Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	25 Mar 2013	March 2013 Budget	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Apr 2013	Finance Bill 2013 — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Third Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	5 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Badger Cull	minority	Majority
Commons	5 Jun 2013	Opposition Day — Badger Cull	minority	Majority
Commons	26 Jun 2013	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Decline Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	26 Jun 2013	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	2 Jul 2013	Finance Bill — Third Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Oct 2013	Immigration Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority
Commons	31 Oct 2013	High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	4 Dec 2013	Recall of Elected Representatives — Power for Voters to Prompt New Election Before Term of Office Ends	absent	Majority (strong)
Commons	30 Jan 2014	Immigration Bill — Third Reading	absent	Majority
Commons	13 Mar 2014	Backbench Business — Badger Cull	Majority	minority
Commons	25 Mar 2014	March 2014 Budget	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	25 Mar 2014	Budget Resolution — The Bank Levy	minority	Majority
Commons	1 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Decline Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Second Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	1 Apr 2014	Finance Bill — Carry-Over	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Decline Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	28 Apr 2014	High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	Majority (strong)
Commons	7 May 2014	Minimum Price of Alcohol	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	2 Jul 2014	Finance Bill 2013-14 to 2014-15 — Third Reading	minority	Majority (strong)
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Second Reading	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Third Reading	Majority	minority (strong)
Commons	7 Nov 2014	Football Governance Bill — Second Reading	absent	Majority
Commons	23 Mar 2015	March 2015 Budget	minority	Majority
Commons	25 Mar 2015	Finance Bill — Third Reading	minority	Majority

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	9	450	450
MP voted against policy	26	0	1300
MP absent	6	150	300
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	1	10	10
MP voted against policy	7	0	70
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	3	3	6
Total:		613	2136
*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

613

2136

= 28.7 %.

How the number is calculated

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