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Dr Ben Spencer vs Alex Mayer

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Alex Mayer voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 395 different votes 406 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 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
95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
50.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
281
50.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,550
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£198,550
12% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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