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Patrick Spencer vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 347 different votes 354 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
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
39 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 650
442
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
751
1,029 eligible divisions
208
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
49.0% of votes cast
234
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
383
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

28
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
79
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
44
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
Contributions
292
+128.5 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
12 of 12 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
83 of 97 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
27 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API