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Dr Ben Spencer vs Elaine Stewart

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 254 different votes 263 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
160
44.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
203
55.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
36
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 112 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