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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 304 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 297 different votes 304 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
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 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 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 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

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
48.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
222
51.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
115
+33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
220
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Contributions
127
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 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
£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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API