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Priti Patel vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,066 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,017 different votes 1,066 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
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
55 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
110 Aye 57 No
42 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 81 shared votes
40 Aye 41 No
63 Aye 27 No
Migration 3% aligned 90 shared votes
24 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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