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Patrick Spencer vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Catherine West voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 254 different votes 260 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API