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Dr Ben Spencer vs George Freeman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and George Freeman voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.

1,070 same votes 8 different votes 1,078 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
49 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
49 Aye 93 No
96 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
96 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 24 No
Trade 95% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
55 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 111 shared votes
56 Aye 55 No
49 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
49 Aye 93 No
96 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
96 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,765
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
48.9% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
902
51.1% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Appearances
11
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
227
+72.4 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
20
-134.6 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£287,402
27% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
186 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Energy
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API