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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

582 same votes 244 different votes 826 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 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 46% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
60 Aye 22 No
Migration 55% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 58% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 59% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 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