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Priti Patel vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 311 different votes 314 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 649
Participation
89.6 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 649
1,458
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
575 eligible divisions
663
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
51.8 % of votes cast
795
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
248
48.2 % of votes cast
14
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Appearances
2
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
2
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Tax
217 of 321 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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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