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Priti Patel vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,161 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,119 different votes 1,161 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
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
72 Aye 29 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
25 Aye 76 No
61 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
108 Aye 66 No
15 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 90 shared votes
43 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 37 No
Education 0% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API