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Patrick Spencer vs Carla Lockhart

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 Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 194 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 9 different votes 194 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 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 94% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
176
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
198
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 14 Jan 2025
Housing
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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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