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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 298 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 294 different votes 298 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
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
35 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
35 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 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 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
441
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,687 eligible divisions
208
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
233
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Appearances
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
24
-130.6 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
766
+611.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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