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Dr Ben Spencer vs Alan Strickland

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Alan Strickland voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 362 different votes 377 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 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
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 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
33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
34
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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