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Patrick Spencer vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 339 different votes 346 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
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

69.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 441 of 650
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 650
388
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,282
1,626 eligible divisions
180
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
52.4 % of votes cast
208
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
610
47.6 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
49
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
0
-123.1 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
Contributions
45
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 504 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

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