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Dr Ben Spencer vs Jess Phillips

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Jess Phillips voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 906 different votes 947 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
11 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
53 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 107 shared votes
52 Aye 55 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 30 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
57.3% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
702
42.7% 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
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
223
+77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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
£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£267,662
18% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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