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Dr Ben Spencer vs Joani Reid

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Joani Reid voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 227 different votes 235 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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
57.6%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
340
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
147
43.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
193
56.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
12
-133.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 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
£199,569
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£199,569
12% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Tax
79 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
20 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API