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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 308 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 303 different votes 308 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
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 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

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
239
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
138
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649

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
14
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 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API