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Dr Peter Prinsley vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Dr Peter Prinsley
Dr Peter Prinsley
Lab Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Dr Peter Prinsley and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 320 different votes 324 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
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
35 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
35 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
12% above average
Rank 112 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
530
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,417 eligible divisions
268
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
262
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

200
+105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
287
+122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Contributions
88
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£206,728
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£206,728
9% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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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