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Priti Patel vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 276 different votes 281 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
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
26 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 158 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.2% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.8% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Contributions
223
+79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Migration
12 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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