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Dr Ben Spencer vs Emma Lewell

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Emma Lewell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 915 different votes 966 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
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
82 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
21 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API