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Melanie Onn vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 720 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 689 different votes 720 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 12 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
83 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 122 shared votes
39 Aye 83 No
33 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 142 shared votes
56 Aye 86 No
32 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
222
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
6
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Tax
94 of 112 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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No
No
United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union 29 Mar 2019
No
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