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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Webb

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Webb voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 298 different votes 307 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
1 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 54 No
Tax 1% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 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
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
605 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
48.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
225
52.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£308,254
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£308,254
36% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Tax
102 of 118 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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