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Priti Patel vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Bill Esterson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,107 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,058 different votes 1,107 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
8 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
49 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 153 shared votes
102 Aye 51 No
67 Aye 26 No
Migration 4% aligned 93 shared votes
22 Aye 71 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
48 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 93 shared votes
46 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 107 No
Tax 0% aligned 161 shared votes
107 Aye 54 No
31 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API