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Alison Hume vs Dr Ben Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Alison Hume and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 322 different votes 334 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.8%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 649
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
477
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
226
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
251
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

106
+22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
132
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Contributions
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£231,319
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£231,319
2% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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