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Dr Ben Spencer vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 716 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 685 different votes 716 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
15 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
35 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
85 Aye 23 No
Migration 4% aligned 108 shared votes
19 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API