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Dr Ben Spencer vs Alex Norris

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Alex Norris voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,020 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 971 different votes 1,020 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
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
91 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 125 shared votes
30 Aye 95 No
24 Aye 11 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,597
2,121 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
706
44.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
484
+340.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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
£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£301,924
33% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes

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