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Ruth Cadbury vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,121 different votes 1,166 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 58 No
Migration 4% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
101 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 166 shared votes
60 Aye 106 No
43 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 53 shared votes
15 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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