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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dame Chi Onwurah

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dame Chi Onwurah voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 993 different votes 1,053 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
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
52 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
52 Aye 54 No
93 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
27 Aye 97 No
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
807
44.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£303,201
34% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API