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Dr Ben Spencer vs Samantha Dixon

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 557 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 529 different votes 557 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
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
23 Aye 3 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% 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
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
288
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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