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Lilian Greenwood vs Patrick Spencer

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

Photograph of Lilian Greenwood
Lilian Greenwood
Lab Nottingham South
vs
Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Lilian Greenwood and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 288 different votes 293 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
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 317 of 649
Participation
69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,768
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
575 eligible divisions
949
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
46.3 % of votes cast
819
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
216
53.7 % of votes cast
17
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
152
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£285,976
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
0
0 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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