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Richard Baker vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 246 different votes 259 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
0 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
211
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
227
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
13
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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