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Dr Ben Spencer vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Alan Mak voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

1,191 same votes 4 different votes 1,195 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
59 Aye 105 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
59 Aye 105 No
69 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
69 Aye 63 No
98 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
98 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 105 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
59 Aye 105 No
69 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
69 Aye 63 No
98 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
98 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,017
2,361 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
955
47.3 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,062
52.7 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
28
7 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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