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Alison McGovern vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,062 different votes 1,104 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
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 67 No
Migration 4% aligned 92 shared votes
63 Aye 29 No
102 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 161 shared votes
55 Aye 106 No
49 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 96 shared votes
48 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API