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Lauren Edwards vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 293 different votes 298 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
0 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 650
483
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,451
2,349 eligible divisions
241
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
659
45.4 % of votes cast
242
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
792
54.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Appearances
62
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
61
-65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
84
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
60 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
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
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
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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