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Dr Ben Spencer vs Emily Darlington

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Emily Darlington voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 367 different votes 375 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
54 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
54 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
52.6% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.4% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45% 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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