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Patrick Spencer vs David Chadwick

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and David Chadwick voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 68 different votes 277 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
5 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 95% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
2 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 89% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
53.7% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
186
46.3% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
133
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API