Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.

Patrick Spencer is the only MP currently awaiting trial on criminal charges while still sitting in the Commons. He was charged in May 2025 with two counts of sexual assault, allegedly committed before his election, and pleaded not guilty in June 2025. A crown court trial is pending. He lost the Conservative whip and now sits as an independent. Since then he has continued voting -- attending 69% of divisions, which is below the Commons average -- and his recent votes place him firmly in opposition to the Labour government: he voted to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, backed opposition amendments to the King's Speech, and opposed the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill.

His voting record is consistently right-of-centre. He aligns 88% with pro-business positions and 87% against tax increases, deviates sharply from his former party on landlord flexibility, employer flexibility and Brexit-related sovereignty questions -- all running 74--79 percentage points above the independent average. He strongly backs Lords scrutiny of government legislation and opposed the government's attempt to restore ministerial powers to direct pension fund investments. His last recorded speech was in February 2025, and before that his contributions concentrated on the economy, local government, education and fiscal policy.

The criminal proceedings cast a long shadow over all of the above. Coverage since May 2025 has been dominated by the charges, and his maiden speech focus on "moral probity" in politics drew particular attention. His stance profile and voting deviations reflect genuine ideological positioning -- pro-market, pro-sovereignty, sceptical of state intervention -- but those positions are difficult to assess in isolation from the fact that he faces a criminal trial and has made no recorded parliamentary speech since February 2025. No committee memberships are listed.