Patel is considered to be on the right-wing of the Conservative Party, with the Total Politics website noting that some saw her as a "modern-day Norman Tebbit".
帕特尔被认为是保守党的右翼，《绝对政治（英语：Total Politics）》杂志网站注意到有人把她看作是“当代的诺曼·特比特”。