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Dr Ben Spencer vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

151 same votes 5 different votes 156 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 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
33.2 %
39 % below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
191
575 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
92
48.2 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
99
51.8 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
33
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 525 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
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 111 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API