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Dr Ben Spencer vs Graham Stringer

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

Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge
vs
Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Graham Stringer voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 777 different votes 826 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
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 7% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
56 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 102 shared votes
43 Aye 59 No
6 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
49.9% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
687
50.1% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
115
8.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
44
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 530 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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