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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Kane

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Kane voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 319 different votes 330 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
23 Aye 0 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 295 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
49.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
226
50.6% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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
£221,638
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£221,638
2% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 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