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Dr Ben Spencer vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,056 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,056 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
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
93 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 128 shared votes
31 Aye 97 No
51 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 101 shared votes
47 Aye 54 No
14 Aye 21 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API