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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 195 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 188 different votes 195 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
8 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
6 of 7 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API