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Priti Patel vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,314 shared comparable votes.

1,298 same votes 16 different votes 1,314 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
74 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
74 Aye 123 No
72 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
72 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 40 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
17 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 158 shared votes
59 Aye 99 No
5 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
61 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 122 shared votes
62 Aye 60 No
74 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 197 shared votes
74 Aye 123 No

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

Voting record

61.9%
11% below average
Rank 556 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
1,487
2,404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,404 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
100
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
96
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
Contributions
124
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 287 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Tax
218 of 324 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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