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Dr Ben Spencer vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Ben Spencer and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,221 shared comparable votes.
1,213 same votes
8 different votes
1,221 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.2%
10% above average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
111
+22.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-37.4 vs Commons average
228
+74.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
75
-78.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API