Compare

Matt Western vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 259 different votes 264 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
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
1,538
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
864
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
674
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 648
Appearances
0
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
67
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 648
Contributions
0
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
145 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 43 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API