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Dr Ben Spencer vs Ashley Dalton

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 432 different votes 460 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
8 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
54 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 76 shared votes
19 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
6 of 6 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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