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Pam Cox vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Pam Cox
Pam Cox
Lab Colchester
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Pam Cox and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 323 different votes 327 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
1 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.6%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
536
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
263
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
273
50.9% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Appearances
70
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
74
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Contributions
96
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£158,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
3 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

Transport
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API