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Patrick Spencer vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Richard Foord voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 64 different votes 241 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
23 Aye 23 No
Tax 93% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 12 No
Education 92% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 70% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 10 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 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