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Patrick Spencer vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Sarah Olney voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 46 different votes 253 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
4 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 94% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 11 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 90% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 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
69.6%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 650
442
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,175
1,688 eligible divisions
208
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
636
54.1% of votes cast
234
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
539
45.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

27
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
167
+74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
43
-119.0 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Contributions
225
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 129 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
55 of 64 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
53 of 63 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 56 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API