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Dr Ben Spencer vs Richard Burgon

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Richard Burgon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,114 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,055 different votes 1,114 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
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 31 No
Education 9% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
58 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 115 shared votes
57 Aye 58 No
19 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 17 No
Housing 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% 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
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API