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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sarah Pochin

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

Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge
vs
Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 149 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 12 different votes 149 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
7 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 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 166 of 648
Participation
60.0 %
13 % below average
Rank 581 of 648
1,311
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
204
340 eligible divisions
624
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
85
41.7 % of votes cast
687
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
119
58.3 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

95
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 648
Appearances
63
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 648
205
+97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 648
Contributions
75
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£0
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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

Trade
49 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#5
Migration
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API