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Dr Ben Spencer vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Priti Patel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 854 shared comparable votes.

846 same votes 8 different votes 854 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
48 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
48 Aye 84 No
67 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
67 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 27 No
Housing 100% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
52 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
48 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
48 Aye 84 No
67 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
67 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Appearances
70
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
227
+72.4 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
96
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

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