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Patrick Spencer vs Angela Rayner

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 Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Angela Rayner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 208 different votes 214 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.7% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
699
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
357
+211.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
24
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Work / Employment
59 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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