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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dave Doogan voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 679 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 612 different votes 679 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
36 Aye 73 No
Tax 38% aligned 109 shared votes
60 Aye 49 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 21 No
Energy 21% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
223
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API