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Dr Ben Spencer vs Anneliese Midgley

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Anneliese Midgley voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 328 different votes 341 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
230
49.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
38
-107.7 vs Commons average
Rank 553 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
£199,199
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£199,199
12% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Education
49 of 50 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API