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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sean Woodcock

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 383 different votes 398 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 18 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
56 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 7 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
275
49.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
81
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
105
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 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