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Priti Patel vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 295 different votes 298 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
31 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
219
+135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
266
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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
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 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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