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Dr Ben Spencer vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Matt Bishop voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 230 different votes 236 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
145
46.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
167
53.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Tax
77 of 112 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API