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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

934 same votes 26 different votes 960 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
54 Aye 85 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
54 Aye 85 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 84% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 90% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
57 Aye 26 No
Migration 94% aligned 83 shared votes
60 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 26 No
Housing 98% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
46 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

81.6%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 650
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
1,391
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
671
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
768
46.6% of votes cast
720
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
881
53.4% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

112
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Appearances
148
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
223
+56.6 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
446
+279.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 94 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
54 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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