Priti Patel
MP since 6 May 2010
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The Rt Hon Priti Patel is the Conservative MP for Witham, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
1466
Votes Cast
£244,429
Expenses 2024-25
5,145
Majority
37.2%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£244,429
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 50,603 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
634
Written Questions
1
Oral Questions
128
Debates Spoken In⚑
249
Speeches⚑
355
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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2 AYESentencing Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 29 Oct 2025
2 AYEOpposition Day
2 votes · 28 Oct 2025
Opposition Day
2 votes · 28 Oct 2025
4 AYEVictims and Courts Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 27 Oct 2025
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 27 Oct 2025
2 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
3 votes · 20 Oct 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
3 votes · 20 Oct 2025
2 AYEMental Health Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 14 Oct 2025
Mental Health Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 14 Oct 2025
1 AYE1 NOSentencing Bill
2 votes · 16 Sept 2025
Sentencing Bill
2 votes · 16 Sept 2025
7 NOEmployment Rights Bill
7 votes · 15 Sept 2025
Employment Rights Bill
7 votes · 15 Sept 2025
Financial Interests(17)
Visits outside the UK
a CCHQ Adviser
£6,312
Visits outside the UK
a CCHQ Adviser
- Name of donor
- Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Address of donor
- PO Box 547, Government Road, Manama.
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights, accommodation, hospitality and travel provided to myself and to a CCHQ adviser. Return flights (estimated value of £6,312 for two people return travel); Hotel Accommodation (estimated value of £3,600), Food (£300 estimated), Travel within country including airport transfers (£87 estimated), value £10,299
- Destination of visit
- Bahrain (Manama)
- Dates of visit
- 30 October 2025 to 3 November 2025
- Purpose of visit
- To attend the Manama Dialogue and associated meetings in my capacity as the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, accompanied by a CCHQ Adviser.
Registered 27 November 2025
Visits outside the UK
Coalition for Global Prosperity
£1,694
Visits outside the UK
Coalition for Global Prosperity
- Name of donor
- Coalition for Global Prosperity
- Address of donor
- 1 Horse Guards Avenue, London, SW1A 2HU
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Local transport (£1,694.12) and food/miscellaneous (£1,065) provided to me and CCHQ staff accompanying me; and flights (£2,052.90) for one member of CCHQ staff accompanying me., value £4,837.02
- Destination of visit
- United States (Washington DC)
- Dates of visit
- 22 February 2026 to 27 February 2026
- Purpose of visit
- In my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, this was a visit to strengthen transatlantic relations and to discuss UK-US foreign policy priorities, challenges and opportunities with Members of Congress and policymakers.
Registered 20 March 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
two advisers from CCHQ
I received a delegate ticket (value £1,500) for the ARC Conference to enable my attendance on 17 February 2025 in my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary. I was accompanied by two advisers from CCHQ (who received staff tickets each valued at £450)
17 February 2025
£1,500
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
two advisers from CCHQ
I received a delegate ticket (value £1,500) for the ARC Conference to enable my attendance on 17 February 2025 in my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary. I was accompanied by two advisers from CCHQ (who received staff tickets each valued at £450)
17 February 2025
- Name of donor
- Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Ltd
- Address of donor
- 78 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ES
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- I received a delegate ticket (value £1,500) for the ARC Conference to enable my attendance on 17 February 2025 in my capacity as Shadow Foreign Secretary. I was accompanied by two advisers from CCHQ (who received staff tickets each valued at £450), value £2,400
- Date received
- 17 February 2025
- Date accepted
- 17 February 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 10519995
Registered 16 March 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Silverstone Circuits Ltd
Two tickets with hospitality in the Legends Suite at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix (£1,195 each)
6 July 2025
£1,195
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Silverstone Circuits Ltd
Two tickets with hospitality in the Legends Suite at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix (£1,195 each)
6 July 2025
- Name of donor
- Silverstone Circuits Ltd
- Address of donor
- The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Two tickets with hospitality in the Legends Suite at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix (£1,195 each), value £2,390
- Date received
- 6 July 2025
- Date accepted
- 6 July 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 882843
Registered 14 July 2025
Visits outside the UK
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
£913
Visits outside the UK
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Name of donor
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Address of donor
- 42 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3JF
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (£913 for two people), accommodation (£611 for two people), transfers (£151 for two people), and meals (£173 for two people) provided to me and a CCHQ political adviser who accompanied me on this visit, value £1,848
- Destination of visit
- Italy
- Dates of visit
- 4 April 2025 to 6 April 2025
- Purpose of visit
- To attend a conference in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
Registered 1 May 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Priti in Parliament
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish an (a) timeline and (b) list of all (i) meetings and (ii) discussions his Department has had with th
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to allocate to public health grants for local authorities in each of the next five years.
Health Services: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding that will b
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of Education and Health Care Plans that will be issued for qualifying young people (a) nationwide and (b) in Ess
Special Educational Needs: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding will be allocated to support pupils with SEND in Essex in each of the next five years.
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, how much SEND funding she plans to allocate to local authorities to (a) cov
Corporation Tax: International Cooperation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the revenue raised as a result of the OECD Pillar 2 measures in each of the next five years.
Dedicated Schools Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to extend the statutory override on the treatment of deficits to the dedicated schools grant after the 20
Employers' Contributions: Public Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line 26 of Table 5.1 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, which public sector organisations will be funded to cove
Employers' Contributions: Government Departments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, what the Resource DEL provided to each Department in respect of the impact of th
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