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Dr Ben Spencer vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Alex Burghart voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

1,258 same votes 8 different votes 1,266 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
58 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
58 Aye 102 No
101 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
101 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
60 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 122 shared votes
61 Aye 61 No
58 Aye 102 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
58 Aye 102 No
101 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
101 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,830
2,150 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.3% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
946
51.7% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

109
+21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
88
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
226
+73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
148
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 224 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% 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
60 of 62 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 90 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
75 of 81 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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