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Michelle Welsh vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 279 different votes 283 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
28 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
28 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 113 of 647
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 647
455
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,436
2,323 eligible divisions
237
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
649
45.2 % of votes cast
218
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
787
54.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

37
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 647
Appearances
60
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 647
45
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 647
Contributions
80
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Tax
215 of 318 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API