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Dr Ben Spencer vs Luke Pollard

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Luke Pollard voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 923 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 878 different votes 923 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
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 8 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 108 shared votes
49 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
810
55.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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