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Graeme Downie vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 202 different votes 206 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
61.7 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 649
364
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,453
2,354 eligible divisions
158
43.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
45.4 % of votes cast
206
56.6 % of votes cast
No votes
793
54.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
68
-7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
103
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
96
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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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