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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Louie French voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 868 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 2 different votes 868 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
91 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
91 Aye 35 No
41 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
41 Aye 73 No
46 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
46 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
91 Aye 35 No
41 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
41 Aye 73 No
46 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
46 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% 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
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API