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Joe Powell vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 249 different votes 252 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
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 647
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 647
401
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,436
2,324 eligible divisions
190
47.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
649
45.2 % of votes cast
211
52.6 % of votes cast
No votes
787
54.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 647
Appearances
61
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 647
88
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 647
Contributions
81
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
15
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 37 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#5
Tax
215 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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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