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Dr Ben Spencer vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Blair McDougall voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 293 different votes 309 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
307
+161.1 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 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