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Dr Ben Spencer vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 853 different votes 895 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
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
61 Aye 21 No
Migration 5% aligned 82 shared votes
17 Aye 65 No
49 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 91 shared votes
40 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API