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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Bloore

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Bloore voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 317 different votes 324 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
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
1,388
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
631 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
719
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
230
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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