Seema Malhotra MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston is Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op)), MP there since 15 December 2011.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Seema Malhotra; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 6 September 2025 | 22 July 2026 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) | Department for Education | 8 October 2024 | 22 July 2026 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) | Home Office | 9 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | Department for Business and Trade | 14 May 2021 | 5 September 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Employment) | Department for Work and Pensions | 10 April 2020 | 14 May 2021 |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 14 September 2015 | 26 June 2016 |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) | Home Office | 8 May 2015 | 14 September 2015 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 7 October 2013 | 30 March 2015 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 4 June 2025 | 4 June 2025 |
| Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
| Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | 7 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill | 19 October 2022 | 29 November 2022 |
| Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill | 1 December 2021 | 14 December 2021 |
| Subsidy Control Bill | 20 October 2021 | 18 November 2021 |
| Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill | 1 July 2021 | 8 July 2021 |
| Panel of Chairs | 23 March 2020 | 23 April 2020 |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2 March 2020 | 16 January 2021 |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion | 15 November 2016 | 6 November 2019 |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 31 October 2016 | 3 May 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 70d87db829f3.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Seema Malhotra, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (2), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (2). Latest registration 21 March 2022. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
A trustee of the Dartmouth Street Trust, a grant-making body for policy research in relation to poverty.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-11-24
- Date on which the interest ended: 2024-12-18
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chair of Hounslow’s Promise, a charity set up by local MPs, schools, businesses and community organisations to support the education attainment, social mobility and employability of young people in Hounslow.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2019-06-10
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Residential in Brentford
- Location of the land or property: Brentford
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Residential in London SW3
- Location of the land or property: London SW3
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Seema Malhotra's office spent £220,058 on staff, from a staffing budget of £268,550, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £252,574. Office costs came to £32,131 of a £36,550 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £220,057.68 | £252,574.49 | £236,991.62 |
| Office costs: spent | £32,130.81 | £33,375.75 | £31,373.74 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £628.58 | £3,293.63 | £5,705.46 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,440.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Feltham and Heston BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Executive Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (casual), Parliamentary Assistant ×4 (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time), Office Manager (casual), Constituency Assistant (fixed term part time), Caseworker ×3 (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Senior Communication Officer (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Seema Malhotra voted in the House of Commons: 352 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 37 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 1 written question has been tabled by Seema Malhotra, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 1: Treasury.
Productivity
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis he has undertaken on the reasons for variations in regional productivity; and what steps he is taking to reduce those variations.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b4b133ae7b2f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Seema Malhotra.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 7,944 for Seema Malhotra in Feltham and Heston in July 2024, from 16,139 votes on a turnout of 50.5%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Feltham and Heston figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Seema Malhotra corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Seema Malhotra:
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.