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Patrick Spencer vs Chris Bryant

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 Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Chris Bryant voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 203 different votes 206 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
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 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
66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
56.9% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
676
43.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
452
+306.1 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£277,046
22% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
65 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API