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Patrick Spencer vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 240 different votes 256 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
10 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API