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Dr Ben Spencer vs Paul Davies

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Paul Davies voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 396 different votes 408 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 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
94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
51.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
272
48.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 491 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
£194,533
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£194,533
14% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
30 of 30 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