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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dawn Butler

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dawn Butler voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 839 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 799 different votes 839 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
13 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
63 Aye 26 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
23 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 6 No
Transport 3% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
50 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 87 shared votes
35 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
55.3% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
682
44.7% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
61
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
172 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
72 of 96 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 77 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