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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
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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 292 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 289 different votes 292 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
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 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
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 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 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 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 648
Participation
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,429
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
644
45.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
785
54.9 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % of votes cast
14
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 648

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
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
49 of 49 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
67 of 88 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Tax
215 of 318 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
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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