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Patrick Spencer vs Louise Sandher-Jones

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 Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Louise Sandher-Jones voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 310 different votes 314 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 11 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 650
441
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
619 eligible divisions
208
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.7% of votes cast
233
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
232
50.3% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Appearances
68
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
24
-130.6 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
223
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 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
£179,498
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£179,498
21% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API