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Dr Ben Spencer vs Marie Goldman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Marie Goldman voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 71 different votes 293 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 48 No
Tax 96% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 94% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
195
46.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
69
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 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
£150,033
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£150,033
34% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 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