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Patrick Spencer vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

322 same votes 1 different votes 323 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
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

10
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
10
-135.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API