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Dr Scott Arthur vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Dr Scott Arthur and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 278 different votes 292 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
485
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
237
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
248
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
12
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

182
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
286
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£173,383
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£173,383
23% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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