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Dr Ben Spencer vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Gill Furniss voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 908 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 863 different votes 908 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
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
64 Aye 34 No
Migration 4% aligned 98 shared votes
30 Aye 68 No
15 Aye 11 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 21 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 30 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,658
2,325 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
55.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
746
45.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
41
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API