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Dr Ben Spencer vs Andy Slaughter

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Andy Slaughter voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,150 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,103 different votes 1,150 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
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
95 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
31 Aye 99 No
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
867
44.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£285,386
26% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
65 of 67 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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