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Patrick Spencer vs Sarah Jones

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 Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Sarah Jones voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 217 different votes 220 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.1%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
66.9%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 649
408
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
2,113 eligible divisions
189
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
55.6% of votes cast
219
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
628
44.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
Appearances
99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
1
-138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
Contributions
527
+387.6 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API