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Dr Ben Spencer vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 902 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 864 different votes 902 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
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
45 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 89 shared votes
43 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 11 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
67 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