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Dr Ben Spencer vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Pete Wishart voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 713 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 647 different votes 713 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
32 Aye 72 No
Tax 34% aligned 104 shared votes
63 Aye 41 No
7 Aye 17 No
Energy 29% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 19% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 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
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
99
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
223
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
121
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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