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Matthew Patrick vs Bobby Dean

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

Photograph of Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West
vs
Photograph of Bobby Dean
Bobby Dean
LD Carshalton and Wallington

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Bobby Dean voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 247 different votes 301 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 186 of 649
Participation
68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 457 of 649
465
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
575 eligible divisions
229
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
205
52.0 % of votes cast
236
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
189
48.0 % of votes cast
8
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
89
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
Contributions
104
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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