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Dr Ben Spencer vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Helen Grant voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

1,009 same votes 3 different votes 1,012 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
48 Aye 88 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
48 Aye 88 No
52 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No
58 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 88 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
48 Aye 88 No
52 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No
58 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API