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Alan Gemmell vs Priti Patel

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 278 different votes 282 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 650
451
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,451
2,349 eligible divisions
236
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
659
45.4 % of votes cast
215
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
792
54.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
62
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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