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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Connor Rand

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Connor Rand voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 254 different votes 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
375
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
50.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
186
49.6% 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
55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
74
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£198,684
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£198,684
12% below 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
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
48 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API