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Dr Ben Spencer vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Nick Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,024 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 982 different votes 1,024 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
68 Aye 27 No
Migration 4% aligned 95 shared votes
23 Aye 72 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
53 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 108 shared votes
54 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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