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Patrick Spencer vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 259 different votes 264 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
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 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
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API