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Dr Ben Spencer vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,067 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,020 different votes 1,067 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
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
57 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
54 Aye 59 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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