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Priti Patel vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 464 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 457 different votes 464 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
9 Aye 4 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

61.9 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,443
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
655
45.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
788
54.6 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % 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

67
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Appearances
56
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
89
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
443
+325.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Trade
67 of 88 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Defence
44 of 64 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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