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Patrick Spencer vs Emma Lewell

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 Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Emma Lewell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 272 different votes 295 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

7
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
73
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
7
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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