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Priti Patel vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,075 shared comparable votes.

1,038 same votes 37 different votes 1,075 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
55 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
55 Aye 98 No
21 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 17 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 19 No
Migration 90% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 19 No
Transport 94% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 96% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
44 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 90 shared votes
45 Aye 45 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 650
1,490
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,531
2,422 eligible divisions
681
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.9% of votes cast
809
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
797
52.1% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

69
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Appearances
64
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
93
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Contributions
71
-95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 480 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 82 votes
Housing
52 of 68 votes
#3
Migration
119 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
67 of 98 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API