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Emma Hardy vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 972 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 929 different votes 972 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 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 66 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
62 Aye 18 No
91 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 147 shared votes
51 Aye 96 No
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
393
+247.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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