Seema Malhotra

Seema Malhotra

Labour (Co-op) Sitting member
Constituency
Feltham and Heston
Region
England
Member since
15 December 2011

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This parliament

Voting participation
55%
Debates contributed to
133
Registered interests
10
Declared value
£30,895

Record last updated 14 Oct 2026

Seema Malhotra is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Feltham and Heston who was elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024, having first been elected in December 2011, placing her in the longest serving 25% of MPs and the longest serving 25% of Labour (Co-op) MPs. She has cast 321 votes out of 586 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 55%, which ranks her in the bottom 25% of MPs by voting participation and the bottom 10% of Labour (Co-op) MPs by votes cast. She has made 639 contributions across 132 debates, with her top debate topics being Immigration & Asylum, Foreign Affairs & Defence, and Equalities & Discrimination, while her top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.

Summary generated on 09/10/2026 (View details)

VOTING PARTICIPATION

326 / 591

55.16%

Ranked #555 of 655 MPs (15th percentile)

DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS

133 / 11985

640 total contributions

Ranked #367 of 655 MPs (44th percentile)

REGISTERED INTERESTS

10

£30,894.90

£

Ranked #245 of 655 MPs (63th percentile)

PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

Seema Malhotra is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Feltham and Heston, and has been an MP continually since 15 December 2011. She currently holds the Government posts of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities), and Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).

Constituencies

  • Feltham and Heston Dec 2011 – present · 5 terms

Posts held

  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) Oct 2024 – Jul 2026
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) Jul 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Shadow Minister (Education) Sep 2023 – May 2024 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) May 2021 – Sep 2023 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Employment) Apr 2020 – May 2021 · Opposition
  • Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sep 2015 – Jun 2016 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Home Office) May 2015 – Sep 2015 · Opposition
  • Opposition Whip (Commons) Oct 2013 – Mar 2015 · Opposition