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Dr Ben Spencer vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Ed Miliband voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 720 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 682 different votes 720 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
15 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 17 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 21 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
91 Aye 24 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
21 Aye 94 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
171 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

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