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Dr Ben Spencer vs Peter Lamb

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Peter Lamb voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 374 different votes 394 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
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 17% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
92.4%
20% above average
Rank 10 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
545
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
49.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
274
50.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 513 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
£133,437
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£133,437
41% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
39 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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