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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mike Wood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mike Wood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

1,248 same votes 10 different votes 1,258 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
62 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
62 Aye 100 No
97 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
97 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 137 shared votes
73 Aye 64 No
62 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
62 Aye 100 No
97 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
97 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,074
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,001
48.3% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,073
51.7% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
122
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
228
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
177
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£275,907
22% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
87 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API