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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 149 different votes 151 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 7 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

45.7 %
27 % below average
Rank 625 of 647
Participation
61.9 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 647
250
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,443
2,333 eligible divisions
111
44.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
655
45.4 % of votes cast
139
55.6 % of votes cast
No votes
788
54.6 % 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

40
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Appearances
67
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
175
+56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
Contributions
89
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
1
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

Trade
3 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
16 of 27 votes
#5
Defence
44 of 64 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API