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Sarah Russell vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 324 different votes 329 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
32 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
1 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
523
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,417 eligible divisions
266
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
257
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
65
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
136
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Contributions
88
-76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
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

#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API