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Patrick Spencer vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Lucy Powell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 254 different votes 259 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 650
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 650
394
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,351 eligible divisions
183
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
56.2 % of votes cast
211
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
676
43.8 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

0
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Appearances
5
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 650
0
-128.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
195
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 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
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Trade
4 of 5 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API