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Caroline Voaden vs Matthew Patrick

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

Photograph of Caroline Voaden
Caroline Voaden
LD South Devon
vs
Photograph of Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West

Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 272 different votes 323 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 5% aligned 73 shared votes
43 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.0%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
Participation
80.2%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
400
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
580 eligible divisions
200
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
200
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

160
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Appearances
28
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
199
+61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Contributions
95
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API