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Fred Thomas vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 276 different votes 280 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
0 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
0 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
5% below average
Rank 461 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
420
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
243
57.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
177
42.1% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
70
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
96
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
6
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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