Rt Hon Priti Patel, MP for Witham
Priti Patel has been an MP since 2010.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Home Secretary (Home Office) | 2019 to 2022 | |
| Secretary of State for International Development (Department for International Development) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Cabinet) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2014 to 2015 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Draft Deregulation Bill (Joint Committee) | 2013 | |
| Public Administration Committee | 2011 to 2014 | |
| Members' Expenses Committee | 2011 to 2015 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Priti Patel has 12 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Duke of Richmond and Gordon CBE DL - £750.00 | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuits Limited - £6,450.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Arsenal Football Club Ltd - £500.00 | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 22 February 2026 and 27 February 2026 | 20 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Germany between 12 February 2026 and 15 February 2026 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 02 December 2025 and 06 December 2025 | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Embassy of Bahrain - £95.00 | 3 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Middle East Association - £360.00 | 25 Dec 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 21 November 2025 and 25 November 2025 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Bahrain between 30 October 2025 and 03 November 2025 | 27 Nov 2025 |
Show the other 2
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Clarion Defence (UK) Ltd - £598.00 | 9 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | A Director of the Conservative Friends of America. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Jan 2023 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Priti Patel asked 178 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
34 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Priti Patel represents Witham. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Priti Patel won with 37% of the votes, and Rumi Chowdhury (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priti Patel | Conservative | 18,827 | 37.2% |
| Rumi Chowdhury | Labour | 13,682 | 27.0% |
| Timothy Blaxill | Reform UK | 9,870 | 19.5% |
| James Abbott | Green Party | 3,539 | 7.0% |
| Ashley Thompson | Liberal Democrat | 3,439 | 6.8% |
| Chelsey Jay | Independent | 1,246 | 2.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Priti Patel took part in 179 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Priti Patel voted the same way as their party in 177 of the 177 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this