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Patrick Spencer vs Kerry McCarthy

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 365 different votes 369 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
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
66 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API