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Dr Ben Spencer vs Keir Mather

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Keir Mather voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 397 different votes 414 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
46 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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