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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 1% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 243 different votes 246 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
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
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 549 of 649
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
575 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
51.4 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
175
48.6 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
71
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£198,684
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,684
12 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Crime / Justice
48 of 62 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API