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Patrick Spencer vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 346 different votes 353 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 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
40 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
39 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
39 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

5
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
Appearances
57
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
5
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Contributions
49
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 506 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API