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Jo Stevens vs Patrick Spencer

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

Photograph of Jo Stevens
Jo Stevens
Lab Cardiff East
vs
Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Jo Stevens and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 275 different votes 280 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 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,763
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
962
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
801
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Appearances
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Contributions
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£253,083
12% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Education
77 of 96 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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