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Jayne Kirkham vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 292 different votes 295 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
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 562 of 649
480
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,462
2,368 eligible divisions
243
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
45.5% of votes cast
237
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
797
54.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

201
+121.0 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Appearances
66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
243
+103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Contributions
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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