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Dr Ben Spencer vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,108 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,064 different votes 1,108 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
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
91 Aye 30 No
Migration 2% aligned 121 shared votes
27 Aye 94 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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