Compare

Dr Ben Spencer vs Jessica Morden

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Jessica Morden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 962 different votes 1,007 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
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 18 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
88 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
31 Aye 92 No
19 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 97 No
Tax 0% aligned 141 shared votes
97 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 30 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 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
78.2%
6% above average
Rank 236 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,858
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,030
55.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
828
44.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
61
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
61
-84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 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
£2,752,356
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£297,501
32% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
154 of 171 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