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Dr Ben Spencer vs Samantha Niblett

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Samantha Niblett voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 338 different votes 350 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
81.7%
9% above average
Rank 167 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
49.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
51.0% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 377 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
£212,260
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£212,260
6% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 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