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Patrick Spencer vs Ms Polly Billington

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
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Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 323 different votes 344 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 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
38 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
39 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
39 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.5% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
228
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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