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Dr Ben Spencer vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Cat Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,002 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 956 different votes 1,002 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
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
93 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 127 shared votes
30 Aye 97 No
25 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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