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Dr Ben Spencer vs Derek Twigg

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
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Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Derek Twigg voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 818 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 771 different votes 818 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
12 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
43 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 95 shared votes
50 Aye 45 No
46 Aye 24 No
Migration 6% aligned 70 shared votes
20 Aye 50 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% 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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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