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Patrick Spencer vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 303 different votes 319 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API