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Dr Ben Spencer vs Afzal Khan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Afzal Khan voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,081 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
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
86 Aye 33 No
Migration 3% aligned 119 shared votes
29 Aye 90 No
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
59 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 114 shared votes
52 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
738
44.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£247,867
10% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API