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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 325 different votes 338 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
49 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
49 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
240
50.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 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
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API