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Dr Ben Spencer vs John Whitby

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and John Whitby voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 371 different votes 383 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 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
88.8%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
266
50.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.2% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 413 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
£191,904
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£191,904
15% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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