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Dr Ben Spencer vs Linsey Farnsworth

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 372 different votes 386 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
33 Aye 55 No
Tax 1% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
51.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
251
48.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
135
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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