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Dr Ben Spencer vs Ms Julie Minns

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 366 different votes 375 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
245
48.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
207
+123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API