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Helena Dollimore vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Helena Dollimore
Helena Dollimore
Lab Hastings and Rye
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Helena Dollimore and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 252 different votes 258 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
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 650
435
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,451
2,349 eligible divisions
208
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
659
45.4 % of votes cast
227
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
792
54.6 % of votes cast
3
0.7 % 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

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
62
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
88
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
Contributions
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£222,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£222,164
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
5
4 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 61 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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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