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Luke Pollard vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 916 different votes 960 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
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 68 No
Migration 4% aligned 92 shared votes
64 Aye 28 No
42 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 87 shared votes
46 Aye 41 No
91 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 151 shared votes
55 Aye 96 No
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
659
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
71 of 87 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
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
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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
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