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Dr Ben Spencer vs Justin Madders

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Justin Madders voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,128 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,071 different votes 1,128 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
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
62 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 119 shared votes
55 Aye 64 No
94 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 126 shared votes
28 Aye 98 No
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,942
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,067
54.9% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.1% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% 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
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
117
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£299,970
33% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API