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Dr Ben Spencer vs Gavin Robinson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Gavin Robinson voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 797 shared comparable votes.

567 same votes 230 different votes 797 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
9 Aye 26 No
Education 97% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 96% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 89% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 67 No
Tax 87% aligned 97 shared votes
37 Aye 60 No
3 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 27% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
64 Aye 19 No
Migration 53% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 58% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 60% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 153 of 649
Participation
64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 649
1,350
1,641 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,523
2,359 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
50.7 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
751
49.3 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649
Appearances
62
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
225
+88.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Contributions
100
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£220,061
3 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Trade
50 of 51 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
69 of 89 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API