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Patrick Spencer vs Claire Hanna

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 Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Claire Hanna voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 87 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 80 different votes 87 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
1 Aye 10 No
Education 18% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Tax 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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
45.6%
27% below average
Rank 627 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
756
1,658 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
393
52.0% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
363
48.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

7
-74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
28
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
7
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
38
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 550 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
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 154 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Trade
33 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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