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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,152 shared comparable votes.

1,139 same votes 13 different votes 1,152 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
57 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
57 Aye 100 No
97 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 33 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 26 No
Trade 91% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 117 shared votes
62 Aye 55 No
57 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
57 Aye 100 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.5% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.5% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

110
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
128
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
226
+71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
218
+63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API