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Matthew Patrick vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Ed Davey voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 175 different votes 209 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 1 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 6 No
Housing 43% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 30% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 6% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
60.2%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 649
465
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
229
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
236
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

28
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
Appearances
64
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
95
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
Contributions
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 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
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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 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
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API