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Dr Ben Spencer vs Dr Neil Hudson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Dr Neil Hudson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

1,262 same votes 20 different votes 1,282 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
64 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
64 Aye 111 No
97 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 88% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 23 No
Benefits 97% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
71 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 134 shared votes
72 Aye 62 No
64 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
64 Aye 111 No
97 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 650
Participation
84.8%
12% above average
Rank 97 of 650
1,388
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,440
1,699 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.6% of votes cast
719
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
726
50.4% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
230
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
105
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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
£1,070,160
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£223,469
1% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
166 of 178 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
52 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API