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Dr Ben Spencer vs Daniel Francis

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Daniel Francis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 348 different votes 367 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
47 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 56 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
47.6% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
270
52.4% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
2.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
172
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 168 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
£143,753
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£143,753
36% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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