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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Philp voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,220 shared comparable votes.

1,204 same votes 16 different votes 1,220 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
55 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
55 Aye 90 No
101 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
101 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
67 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 129 shared votes
69 Aye 60 No
55 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
55 Aye 90 No
101 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
101 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 125 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,002
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
971
48.5% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
51.5% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
61
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
228
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
95
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 377 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API