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Peter Lamb vs Patrick Spencer

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

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 363 different votes 386 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
6 Aye 18 No
Defence 17% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

92.4%
20% above average
Rank 10 of 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
545
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
271
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
274
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% of votes cast
18
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649
Contributions
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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