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Patrick Spencer vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Chris Bloore voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 324 different votes 330 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 15 No
Benefits 16% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 26 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
451
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
631 eligible divisions
210
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
241
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

31
-63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
49
-115.1 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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