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Patrick Spencer vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Nick Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 323 different votes 330 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

6
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 649
Appearances
95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
6
-136.2 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API