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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 273 different votes 279 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
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 166 of 648
Participation
73.0 %
same as average
Rank 368 of 648
1,311
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
526 eligible divisions
624
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
203
52.9 % of votes cast
687
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
181
47.1 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 648
Appearances
40
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 648
205
+96.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 648
Contributions
178
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Trade
49 of 50 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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