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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dame Angela Eagle

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dame Angela Eagle voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,006 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 960 different votes 1,006 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
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
51 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 89 shared votes
36 Aye 53 No
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 21 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
95 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
31 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 345 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
955
54.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
790
45.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
243
+99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
£2,625,530
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£259,506
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API