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Dr Ben Spencer vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

1,249 same votes 8 different votes 1,257 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
57 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
57 Aye 107 No
30 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 36 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
16 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
95 Aye 30 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
98 Aye 27 No
66 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 126 shared votes
67 Aye 59 No
57 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
57 Aye 107 No
30 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,150 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

111
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
19
-69.4 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
228
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
23
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 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