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Dr Ben Spencer vs Heidi Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 259 different votes 266 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
547
+401.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
13 of 13 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API