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Dr Ben Spencer vs James Naish

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and James Naish voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 301 different votes 315 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
434
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
48.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
222
51.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
167
+83.4 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
213
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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
£186,058
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£186,058
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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