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Patrick Spencer vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 320 different votes 337 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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