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Dr Ben Spencer vs Christian Wakeford

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 1,106 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 680 different votes 1,106 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
23 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 87% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 66% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 66% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 14 No
Transport 57% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 31 No
Education 7% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 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
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
684
47.9% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
745
52.1% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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