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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 684 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 653 different votes 684 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
10 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
34 Aye 18 No
Migration 8% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
14 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
41 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 85 shared votes
44 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
58 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
58 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 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
55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
57.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
563
42.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
64 of 96 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
59 of 91 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