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Patrick Spencer vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Tim Farron voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 30 different votes 207 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
21 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Housing 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
0 Aye 10 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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