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Dr Ben Spencer vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and James Murray voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 975 different votes 1,025 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
13 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
87 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 121 shared votes
30 Aye 91 No
24 Aye 11 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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