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Dr Ben Spencer vs Jack Rankin

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Jack Rankin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

348 same votes 5 different votes 353 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
28 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
1 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
1 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
1,388
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
631 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
46.6% of votes cast
719
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
225
53.4% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
230
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
63
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 500 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
£143,551
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£143,551
37% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API