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Patrick Spencer vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and James Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 264 different votes 268 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.1%
3% below average
Rank 429 of 649
Participation
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 649
408
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,210
1,650 eligible divisions
189
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
644
53.2% of votes cast
219
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
566
46.8% 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
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
Appearances
94
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
1
-138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
Contributions
733
+593.6 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 44 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API