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Dr Ben Spencer vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Jesse Norman voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 994 shared comparable votes.

992 same votes 2 different votes 994 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
53 Aye 96 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
53 Aye 96 No
59 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
59 Aye 56 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
53 Aye 96 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
53 Aye 96 No
59 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
59 Aye 56 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API