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Dr Ben Spencer vs Maria Eagle

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Maria Eagle voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 987 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 940 different votes 987 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
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
95 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
31 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 422 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,672
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
56.9% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
721
43.1% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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
£2,716,749
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£273,819
21% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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