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Dr Ben Spencer vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 643 different votes 708 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
34 Aye 74 No
Tax 32% aligned 108 shared votes
67 Aye 41 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 18 No
Energy 24% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 19% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 16% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 60 shared votes
24 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
223
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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