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Dr Ben Spencer vs Jo Stevens

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Jo Stevens voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 996 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 949 different votes 996 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
13 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
80 Aye 34 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
30 Aye 84 No
11 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
54.6% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
801
45.4% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
171
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 167 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
£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£253,083
12% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Education
77 of 96 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