Priti Patel
Conservative Party
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Witham
MP Since
6 May 2010 (16 years, 4 months)
Role
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Status
active
Constituency: Witham
Priti Patel represents Witham in the House of Commons, sitting as a Conservative Party MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 16 years, 4 months.
Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year
This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role. Additional salary for Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet, or committee roles is not yet shown here — those figures require careful verification against primary IPSA and Ministerial Salaries documents before publishing.
£280,399
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£223,650
Office
£16,081
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£40,668
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Declared Donations (16)
£201,332.24
total declared, since 2024 general election
Source: Electoral Commission official register, donations since the 2024 general election (4 July 2024) only. Donations are legally required to be declared if above the statutory threshold — this is not a complete record of all support an MP may receive.
Gulf Air
Company · 5 Dec 2024
£4,850.86
Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Other · 5 Dec 2024
£2,581.38
Sunbeam Consulting Ltd
Company · 17 Sept 2024 · Travel
£10,700
Don Wightman
Individual · 13 Sept 2024
£3,000
Motcomb Estates Ltd
Company · 28 Aug 2024 · Premises
£4,500
Ashok Verma
Individual · 23 Aug 2024
£10,000
Bromsgrove Ltd
Company · 15 Aug 2024
£10,000
Lubov Chernukhin
Individual · 13 Aug 2024
£70,000
Stephen Harman
Individual · 13 Aug 2024
£5,000
R&R Asset Management
Company · 6 Aug 2024
£10,000
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Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 143 Aye, 249 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 135 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 233 Aye, 94 No (passed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 144 Aye, 244 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 85 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 151 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 162 Aye, 246 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 155 Aye, 279 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 167 Aye, 266 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 278 Aye, 149 No (passed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 94 Aye, 297 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 90 Aye, 290 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 356 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 157 Aye, 287 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026
3 Jun 2026 · Result: 302 Aye, 155 No (passed)
Voted No
Recent Coverage (20)
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Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle has refreshed the Conservative Party
Sacking Mel Stride and promoting new faces like Katie Lam – along with appointing a shadow Chancellor who believes in private enterprise, is…
City AM·1 Sept· View coverage →
Alex Burghart appointed Tory deputy leader in reshuffle
Sir Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel were sacked in Kemi Badenoch’s shake-up of her frontbench team.
Evening Standard·1 Sept· View coverage →
Alex Burghart appointed Tory deputy leader in reshuffle
Sir Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel were sacked in Kemi Badenoch’s shake-up of her frontbench team.
Evening Standard·1 Sept· View coverage →
LIVE: Badenoch Reshuffles Shadow Cabinet
The reshuffle is ongoing. Follow it live here: Stuart Andrew out as Shadow Health Secretary. Priti Patel out as Shadow Foreign Secretary. To…
Guido Fawkes·31 Aug· View coverage →
Badenoch to reshuffle shadow cabinet following Patel and Cleverly resignations
Tory leader expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary as Cleverly quits to run for London mayor
Kemi Badenoch is to resh…
The Guardian·31 Aug· View coverage →
Tugendhat replaces Patel in Tory reshuffle
Tom Tugendhat has been handed a promotion to the Conservative front bench as Kemi Badenoch reshuffles her shadow cabinet. Ahead of the retur…
City AM·31 Aug· View coverage →
Top Tory Dame Priti Patel 'to be replaced by Tom Tugendhat' as shadow foreign secretary
Dame Priti Patel says she’ll be taking on an ‘international role’ strengthening Tory links with ‘fellow conservatives and centre-right parti…
Evening Standard·31 Aug· View coverage →
Dame Priti Patel returns to back benches to take on ‘international role’
She is expected to be replaced as shadow foreign secretary by Tom Tugendhat.
Evening Standard·31 Aug· View coverage →
Tom Tugendhat tipped for key role as Kemi Badenoch kicks off Tory reshuffle - with ex-Cabinet minister Priti Patel leaving
Kemi Badenoch is making changes to her top team with Tom Tugendhat tipped to take the foreign affairs brief.
Daily Mail·31 Aug· View coverage →
Priti Patel leaves Shadow Cabinet to take up new Conservative International Role
You can read Dame Priti Patels statement on her new role here.
The post Priti Patel leaves Shadow Cabinet to take up new Conservative Intern…
ConservativeHome·31 Aug· View coverage →
Dame Priti Patel returns to back benches to take on ‘international role’
She is expected to be replaced as shadow foreign secretary by Tom Tugendhat.
Evening Standard·30 Aug· View coverage →
Do the Conservatives think Priti Patel is past her sell-by date?
Much like the bottom set PE kid you never really wanted on your team, she has fallen at every hurdle - and yet she has somehow still ended u…
ConservativeHome·25 Aug· View coverage →
Tony Blair and Jared Kushner hold rare meeting with Hamas leader
Sir Tony Blair and Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the leaders of Hamas as negotiations over peace plans in the region continue to st…
GB News·17 Aug· View coverage →
Shadow Cabinet Rankings: Badenoch Up Again
ConHome’s latest Shadow Cabinet rankings have Badenoch extending favourability among Tory members since May, with Shadow Energy Secretary Cl…
Guido Fawkes·11 Aug· View coverage →
Ministers urged to act to prevent Ceuta migrants reaching the UK - as Priti Patel warns of 'inevitable' influx at the Channel and Gibraltar
Spanish authorities have confirmed that a staggering 49,000 migrants surged into the enclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan coast during chaotic s…
Daily Mail·31 Jul· View coverage →
London Green Councillor Advises Illegal Immigrants on How to Avoid the Police
A Green councillor in Deptford who described David Lammy and Priti Patel as “coconuts” on X is now advising wanted residents on how to avoid…
Guido Fawkes·28 Jul· View coverage →
India blocked return of illegal migrants because 'alleged fraudster was not extradited', Priti Patel says
Dame Priti Patel has revealed that India deliberately obstructed the deportation of thousands of illegal migrants to the UK as a direct resp…
GB News·25 Jul· View coverage →
Labour slips Pakistan £153million in 'aid' while it refuses to take back Rochdale rape gang ringleader
Labour ministers have given the green light to hand Pakistan £153million in aid - despite the South Asian country refusing to take back Roch…
GB News·17 Jul· View coverage →
Priti Patel warns Burnham has 'no experience of foreign affairs' as Iran crisis deepens
Andy Burnham's lack of foreign policy experience has triggered alarm and there are fears appointing David Miliband Foreign Secretary will fu…
Express Politics·27 Jun· View coverage →
Andy Burnham and Labour chaos put UK's Brexit freedoms 'at great risk'
Dame Priti Patel issues dire warning following Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as Prime Minister
Express Politics·26 Jun· View coverage →