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Priti Patel vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 49 different votes 273 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
6 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 96% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

61.8%
11% below average
Rank 555 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
1,487
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
620 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
54.3% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
209
45.7% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Appearances
208
+115.0 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
90
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Contributions
258
+96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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 212 votes
#1
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Tax
218 of 324 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API