Seema Malhotra · Labour and Co-operative Party
London, England
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Lab held for 6 consecutive elections.
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Seema Malhotra
Labour and Co-operative PartySeema 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).
Vote on an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the Bill solely because they have voluntarily stopped eating and drinking. This matters because without the amendment, a person could potentially use voluntary starvation to meet the terminal illness threshold and access an assisted death.
MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.
Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily stopped eating and drinking. The amendment aimed to close a potential loophole where a person might use self-starvation to meet the terminal illness criteria they would not otherwise meet.
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Sign up freeCoverage of Feltham and Heston has been predominantly positive for Seema across 40 recent articles.
Positive coverage
“Government commits to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers” — gov.uk
“British employers to be required to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps” — Financial Times News
A safe Lab seat, won with 42% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Hounslow. Population 132,987, notably young (median age 36 vs 41 nationally), a majority-minority constituency. Recorded crime is 54% above the national average.
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Sign up freeMedian Income▼
£28,000
per year (HMRC 2022-23)
Mean Income▼
£33,100
per year (HMRC 2022-23)
Businesses▼
4,675
VAT/PAYE registered (ONS 2024)
Schools▼
39
23 primary, 6 secondary, 10 other
Total Income Tax▼
£291m
from 66,000 taxpayers
Median Tax▼
£2,810
per taxpayer / year
Mean Tax
£4,390
per taxpayer / year
Source: HMRC Survey of Personal Incomes, tax year 2022-23. Allocated by taxpayer residence. Covers income tax only — excludes NI, VAT, and capital gains. Sample-based estimate (~8% confidence interval).
Attainment 8▼
48.8
average score (DfE)
GCSE Pass Rate▼
69.3%
5+ GCSEs 9-4 (DfE)
1 city — 132,263 total population
Source: ONS Built-Up Areas (Census 2021) + data.police.uk — crime rates are per 1,000 population (last 3 months)
Source: data.police.uk — street-level crime data aggregated from LSOA to constituency
22 councillors across 9 wards · Last elections: Jul 2024
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfont | Labour Party | Adesh Kumar Farmahan | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Lily Bath | May 2022 | |
| Labour Party | Raghwinder Singh Siddhu | May 2022 | |
| Cranford | Labour Party | Ghazala Butt | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal | May 2022 | |
| Labour Party | Vickram Singh Grewal | May 2022 | |
| Feltham North | Conservative and Unionist Party | Kuldeep Tak | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Muhammad Shakeel Akram | May 2022 | |
| Labour Party | Samina Riaz Nagra | May 2022 | |
| Feltham West | Labour Party | Alan James Philip Mitchell | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Hina Mir | May 2022 | |
| Labour Party | Madeeha Asim | May 2022 | |
| Hanworth Park | Labour Party | Bishnu Bahadur Gurung | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Farah Kamran | May 2022 | |
| Hanworth Village | Labour Party | Aysha Tariq | Jul 2024 |
| Heston Central | Labour Party | Harleen Atwal Hear | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Muhammad Riaz Gull | May 2022 | |
| Labour Party | Shivraj Singh Grewal | May 2022 | |
| Heston West | Labour Party | Emma Louise Siddhu | Mar 2023 |
| Hounslow West | Labour Party | Bandna Chopra | May 2022 |
| Labour Party | Jagdish Rai Sharma | May 2022 | |
| Labour Party | Mohammed Umair | May 2022 |
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 by Jason Leman, LEAP (Andrew Teale) & Democracy Club. CC BY-SA 4.0. Data last refreshed: 1 Apr 2026.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2019 GEWon 2017 GEWon 2015 GEWon Feltham and Heston By-election | Lab | 16,139 | 41.5% |
| Con | 8,195 | 21.1% | |
| Ref | 5,130 | 13.2% | |
| Green | 2,543 | 6.5% | |
| WPB | 2,201 | 5.7% | |
| LD | 1,821 | 4.7% | |
| Ind | 1,658 | 4.3% | |
| Ind | 454 | 1.2% | |
| Ind | 373 | 1.0% | |
| Ind | 373 | 1.0% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2024 GEWon 2017 GEWon 2015 GEWon Feltham and Heston By-election | Lab | 24,876 | 52.0% |
| Con | 17,017 | 35.6% | |
| LD | 3,127 | 6.5% | |
| Ind | 1,658 | 3.5% | |
| Green | 1,133 | 2.4% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2024 GEWon 2019 GEWon 2015 GEWon Feltham and Heston By-election | Lab | 32,462 | 61.2% |
| Con | 16,859 | 31.8% | |
| Ind | 1,510 | 2.9% | |
| LD | 1,387 | 2.6% | |
| Green | 809 | 1.5% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2024 GEWon 2019 GEWon 2017 GEWon Feltham and Heston By-election | Lab | 25,845 | 52.3% |
| Con | 14,382 | 29.1% | |
| Ind | 6,209 | 12.6% | |
| LD | 1,579 | 3.2% | |
| Green | 1,390 | 2.8% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2024 GEWon 2019 GEWon 2017 GEWon 2015 GE | Lab | 12,639 | 54.4% |
| Con | 6,436 | 27.7% | |
| LD | 1,364 | 5.9% | |
| Ind | 1,276 | 5.5% | |
| Ind | 540 | 2.3% | |
| Green | 426 | 1.8% | |
| Ind | 322 | 1.4% | |
| Ind | 128 | 0.6% | |
| Ind | 93 | 0.4% |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lab | 21,174 | 43.6% | |
| Con | 16,516 | 34.0% | |
Won 2024 GEWon 2019 GE | LD | 6,679 | 13.8% |
| Ind | 1,714 | 3.5% | |
| Ind | 992 | 2.0% | |
| Green | 530 | 1.1% | |
| Ind | 505 | 1.0% | |
| Ind | 180 | 0.4% | |
| Ind | 168 | 0.3% | |
| Ind | 78 | 0.2% |
Seema Malhotra has not appeared in national political news coverage tracked by our system. This is common for backbench MPs who focus on constituency-level work rather than national policy debates.
24 articles hidden as not sufficiently relevant to this constituency
A knife fight occurred on Hounslow high street, causing the area to go into 'lockdown'. Video footage shows a brawl between multiple men, with an apparent knife visible, though details about injuries and arrests remain unclear.
A Hounslow resident was issued a £1,000 fly-tipping fine for allegedly placing an envelope in a bin, with the council now seeking to interview him under caution. The case highlights broader issues with Hounslow Council's enforcement practices, including a controversial fine issued to a Feltham-based NHS nurse for similar circumstances, occurring while the council missed over 2,000 bin collections.
A Brentford pub landlord is refusing to pay a £260 annual council fee for advertising boards, arguing the rule is unfair when boards are on private land. The dispute highlights broader tensions between Hounslow Council's enforcement and struggling local businesses facing headwinds from development and rising costs.
Hounslow Council's contractor Hounslow Highways has been accused by the Conservative Group of improperly using a council-funded social media account to promote Labour candidate Cllr Marina Sharma during the pre-election period. The video, which has since been deleted, violated local government guidance on impartiality, prompting complaints to the council's monitoring officer and the Electoral Commission.
The government has announced draft legislation requiring large UK employers (250+ staff) to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps annually, mirroring existing gender pay reporting rules. Seema Malhotra, the local MP and Minister for Equalities, announced the policy aimed at tackling workplace inequality and ensuring fair pay progression.
The government has committed to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers with 250+ employees, with Seema Malhotra MP (Minister for Equalities) leading the initiative. This legislation aims to increase workplace transparency and tackle pay discrimination affecting minority ethnic groups and disabled people.
Seema Malhotra MP, alongside Ruth Cadbury MP and Mayor Amy Croft, organised Hounslow's first International Women's Day Breakfast Reception at Holy Trinity Church, honouring community women leaders including Narpinder Mann BEM. The event celebrated women's contributions across education, advocacy, and community service in the borough.
A publican in Brentford is protesting a £260 annual street trading licence fee for an advertising board in his beer garden, imposed by Hounslow Council despite the pub already suffering from disruption caused by the Brentford Project development. The dispute reflects broader challenges facing the UK pub sector, with the owner expressing concerns about the viability of independent venues amid rising costs and development-driven changes to the local high street.
Hounslow Council has issued a formal warning to all HMO landlords, giving them 4 weeks to meet legal standards or face fines up to £30,000. This follows over 600 complaints in 12 months about antisocial behaviour, fly-tipping, and overcrowding, with the council launching a new enforcement team for unannounced spot checks.
Councillor Jagdish Sharma MBE, a long-serving Labour councillor who represented Hounslow West and served as Hounslow's first Asian Mayor, has died aged 91 after a cancer battle. He was a pioneering figure in local government for nearly 50 years, serving as Council Leader from 2010-2014 and mentoring subsequent generations of public servants.
London councils including Hounslow and Richmond have banned or restricted Lime e-bikes, with Hounslow allowing transit but banning parking. The article discusses the broader pattern of e-bike bans across London due to abandoned bikes and pavement safety concerns affecting disabled people.
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