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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 81% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 49 different votes 262 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
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
1 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 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

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Appearances
177
+94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
95
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
Contributions
221
+77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
14
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 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Tax
217 of 322 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