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Tom Rutland vs Priti Patel

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

Photograph of Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Tom Rutland and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 280 different votes 284 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
0 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

82.6 %
10 % above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 650
465
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,451
2,349 eligible divisions
229
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
659
45.4 % of votes cast
236
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
792
54.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

41
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
62
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
55
-70.8 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
Contributions
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£224,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£224,741
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
6
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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