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Dr Ben Spencer vs Gregor Poynton

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 318 different votes 328 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 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
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
532
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
50.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
262
49.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
3
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
3
-140.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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