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Dr Ben Spencer vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 48 different votes 154 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
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 14 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 18 No
Tax 91% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 88% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 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