MP for Feltham and Heston
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Seema Malhotra is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Feltham and Heston, first elected in 2011. She has held government roles in education equality and the Home Office, and has served in shadow posts across Education, Work and Pensions, and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Since September 2025 she has been Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Her voting record shows very high party loyalty (100%) with attendance around 68%. She has five rebel votes. Her overall profile places her in the centre-left of the spectrum. On key topics, she has generally supported Universal Credit and NHS funding, and generally opposed tighter immigration controls and the Rwanda deportation scheme, with a mixed pattern on VAT changes, asylum policy, transgender rights, trade union powers and prison sentencing.
Declares four financial interests: two relating to land and property (inside or outside the UK) and two miscellaneous interests.
Generated 21 February 2026
22 positions
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Since Sept 2025
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
Since Jun 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
Since Oct 2024
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Shadow Minister (Education)
Sept 2023 - May 2024
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has generally voted against trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2
13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24
20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12
20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77
20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1
13 Jun 2025
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading