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Priti Patel vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

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Priti Patel
Con Witham
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 638 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 606 different votes 638 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
49 Aye 23 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
19 Aye 53 No
8 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 5 No
Transport 3% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
40 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 77 No
Tax 1% aligned 98 shared votes
76 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
5
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
5
-140.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
41 of 44 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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