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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 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
314 different votes
319 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.1%
10% above average
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,417 eligible divisions
261
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
257
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
62
-32.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
65
-29.5 vs Commons average
73
-91.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
88
-76.5 vs Commons average
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
12
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API