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Dr Ben Spencer vs Al Carns

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Al Carns voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 225 different votes 234 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
147
47.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
165
52.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
274
+128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£170,101
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£170,101
25% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
21 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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