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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Calvin Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Calvin Bailey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 260 different votes 267 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
9 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 2% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
179
48.0% 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
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
218
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 121 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
£186,701
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£186,701
17% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
38 of 50 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API