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Dr Ben Spencer vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Rachel Blake voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 339 different votes 349 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
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
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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