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Patrick Spencer vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 378 different votes 384 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
442
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
208
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
234
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

27
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
43
-119.0 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Contributions
71
-91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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