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Dr Ben Spencer vs Anna Sabine

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Anna Sabine voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

179 same votes 62 different votes 241 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
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 96% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
61.0%
12% below average
Rank 567 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
56.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
157
43.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 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
£223,493
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£223,493
1% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
40 of 62 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