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Priti Patel vs David Burton-Sampson

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

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Priti Patel
Con Witham
vs
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David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 314 different votes 321 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
54
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Contributions
56
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
12
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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