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Dr Ben Spencer vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 346 different votes 358 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
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 135 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
49.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
91
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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