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Dr Ben Spencer vs Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 328 different votes 336 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 52 No
Tax 1% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
53.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
221
46.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
58
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 480 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
£177,477
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£177,477
22% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
47 of 50 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API