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Dr Ben Spencer vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Karin Smyth voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 977 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 931 different votes 977 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
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
68 Aye 30 No
Migration 4% aligned 98 shared votes
26 Aye 72 No
17 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
59 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 106 shared votes
45 Aye 61 No
9 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 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
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above 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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 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