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Dr Ben Spencer vs Rachel Reeves

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

Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge
vs
Photograph of Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 630 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 603 different votes 630 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
1 Aye 7 No
Education 13% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
38 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 15 No
Migration 0% aligned 96 shared votes
15 Aye 81 No
18 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 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
50.0%
23% below average
Rank 622 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,189
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
57.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
509
42.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
535
+389.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 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
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
166 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
115 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
56 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
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