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Patrick Spencer vs Alan Strickland

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

Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Alan Strickland voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 357 different votes 375 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
41 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
39 Aye 41 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
39 Aye 41 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
590 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
34
-111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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