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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,092 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,041 different votes 1,092 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
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
61 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
49 Aye 63 No
84 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
30 Aye 88 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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