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Dr Ben Spencer vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Clive Efford voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,003 different votes 1,044 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
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
55 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 104 shared votes
47 Aye 57 No
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
93 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 128 shared votes
31 Aye 97 No
9 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 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
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
67 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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