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Patrick Spencer vs Clive Lewis

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 Clive Lewis
Clive Lewis
Lab Norwich South

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Clive Lewis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 254 different votes 263 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,622
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
55.2% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
726
44.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
25
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
31
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 573 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
£2,262,179
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£292,653
29% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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