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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.
1,066 same votes
17 different votes
1,083 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.7%
9% above average
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
1,388
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
719
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
958
52.9% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
114
+19.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
192
+97.5 vs Commons average
230
+65.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
216
+51.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API