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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Law voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 653 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 589 different votes 653 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
34 Aye 75 No
Tax 39% aligned 109 shared votes
63 Aye 46 No
5 Aye 12 No
Energy 29% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 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
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
223
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
67
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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