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Dr Ben Spencer vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 550 different votes 578 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 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 23 No
Migration 8% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API