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Dr Ben Spencer vs Kevin McKenna

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Kevin McKenna voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 351 different votes 359 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 45 of 649
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
37
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 541 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
£177,255
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£177,255
22 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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