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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Joshua Reynolds

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Joshua Reynolds voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 54 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
7 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 42 No
Tax 95% aligned 64 shared votes
25 Aye 39 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 45% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 154 of 650
Participation
63.3 %
9 % below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,343
1,632 eligible divisions
Total votes
357
564 eligible divisions
644
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
190
53.2 % of votes cast
699
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
167
46.8 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 650
Appearances
76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
218
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Contributions
112
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 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
£159,760
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,760
29 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Trade
50 of 51 votes
#1
Trade
5 of 5 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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