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Dr Ben Spencer vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Ben Spencer and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,161 shared comparable votes.
1,159 same votes
2 different votes
1,161 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.2 %
9 % above average
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % 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
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API