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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

1,203 same votes 12 different votes 1,215 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
53 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
53 Aye 101 No
28 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
99 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 136 shared votes
102 Aye 34 No
66 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 124 shared votes
67 Aye 57 No
53 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
53 Aye 101 No
28 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,245 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
48.9% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
951
51.1% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 10 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

109
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
149
+61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
225
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
434
+280.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 92 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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