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Dr Ben Spencer vs Paul Holmes
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Ben Spencer and Paul Holmes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,261 shared comparable votes.
1,249 same votes
12 different votes
1,261 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.2%
10% above average
Participation
85.1%
13% above average
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,435
1,687 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
49.9% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
719
50.1% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
111
+22.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
115
+26.6 vs Commons average
228
+74.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
355
+201.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API