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Dr Ben Spencer vs Kit Malthouse

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

1,259 same votes 18 different votes 1,277 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
64 Aye 113 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
64 Aye 113 No
102 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
102 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 40 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
63 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 126 shared votes
63 Aye 63 No
64 Aye 113 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
64 Aye 113 No
102 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
102 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
86.0%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,069
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
48.0% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,076
52.0% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
94
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
226
+73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
146
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 226 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
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
60 of 62 votes
#1
Trade
91 of 94 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API