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Dr Ben Spencer vs Charlotte Nichols

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,049 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 7 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
51 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 104 shared votes
51 Aye 53 No
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
92 Aye 26 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
22 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 38 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
38 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 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
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
51.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
15
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
17
-128.7 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
64 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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