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Dr Ben Spencer vs Andrew Bowie

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Andrew Bowie voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

1,143 same votes 3 different votes 1,146 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
57 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
57 Aye 100 No
100 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
100 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 33 No
Housing 100% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 112 shared votes
60 Aye 52 No
57 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
57 Aye 100 No
100 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
100 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 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
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
833
48.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
873
51.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£339,342
50% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API