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Dr Ben Spencer vs Lilian Greenwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Lilian Greenwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 991 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 944 different votes 991 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
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
56 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 109 shared votes
51 Aye 58 No
93 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 128 shared votes
31 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 312 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
53.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
829
46.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£2,943,203
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£285,976
26% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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