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Patrick Spencer vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Patrick Spencer and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.
336 same votes
9 different votes
345 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.7%
1% below average
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
456
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
212
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
244
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
37
-60.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-39.0 vs Commons average
67
-102.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
64
-105.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API