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Dr Ben Spencer vs Carolyn Harris

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 995 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 959 different votes 995 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
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
79 Aye 31 No
Migration 4% aligned 110 shared votes
27 Aye 83 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No
41 Aye 90 No
Tax 1% aligned 131 shared votes
89 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 34 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
34 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API