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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.


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 235 different votes 238 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 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 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 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
27 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 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

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
441
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
208
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
233
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

20
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
24
-130.6 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
131
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API