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Patrick Spencer vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 224 different votes 227 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.1%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
408
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
189
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
219
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

1
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
1
-138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
Contributions
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
167 of 211 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API