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Alistair Strathern vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 370 different votes 379 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 11% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 10 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
58 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
35 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
35 Aye 58 No
22 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
600
757 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,464
2,374 eligible divisions
306
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.5% of votes cast
294
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
54.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
66
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
67
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
93
-48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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