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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dan Carden

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

Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge
vs
Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dan Carden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 890 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 858 different votes 890 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
65 Aye 21 No
Migration 6% aligned 86 shared votes
16 Aye 70 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
51 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 84 shared votes
31 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 100 No
Tax 1% aligned 138 shared votes
98 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
26
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
37
-108.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
62 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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