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Dr Ben Spencer vs Michael Payne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Ben Spencer and Michael Payne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
332 different votes
339 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.1%
10% above average
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API