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Dr Ben Spencer vs Julia Lopez

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Julia Lopez voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,254 shared comparable votes.

1,244 same votes 10 different votes 1,254 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
63 Aye 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
63 Aye 116 No
99 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
99 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
66 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 119 shared votes
67 Aye 52 No
63 Aye 116 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
63 Aye 116 No
99 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
99 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,150 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
861
48.0% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
931
52.0% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

111
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
31
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
228
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
39
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
186 of 189 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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