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Dr Ben Spencer vs Josh Simons

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Josh Simons voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 226 different votes 232 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 166 of 648
Participation
64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 534 of 648
1,311
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
337
526 eligible divisions
624
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
152
45.1 % of votes cast
687
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
185
54.9 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 648
205
+96.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£259,375
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,375
15 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
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

Trade
49 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API