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Dr Ben Spencer vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,059 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,059 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
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
85 Aye 33 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
29 Aye 89 No
17 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
57 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
50 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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