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Patrick Spencer vs Richard Burgon

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 Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Richard Burgon voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 322 different votes 350 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 9 No
Education 20% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

7
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
85
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
7
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
97
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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
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 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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