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Stephen Doughty vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 994 different votes 1,051 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
9 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 60 No
Migration 4% aligned 83 shared votes
57 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 89 shared votes
46 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 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
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