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Liz Kendall vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 986 different votes 1,037 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
13 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
109 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
59 Aye 111 No
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 4% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 69 No
Migration 3% aligned 93 shared votes
66 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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