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Dr Ben Spencer vs Lucy Rigby

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Lucy Rigby voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 233 different votes 241 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 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
58.1%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
168
49.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
175
51.0% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
223
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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
£163,015
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£163,015
28% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Transport
23 of 29 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
23 of 32 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
78 of 112 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