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Dr Ben Spencer vs David Chadwick

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and David Chadwick voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 66 different votes 283 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 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 95% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 9 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
53.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
186
46.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
133
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API