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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Jeremy Wright

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Jeremy Wright voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 998 shared comparable votes.

987 same votes 11 different votes 998 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
53 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
53 Aye 94 No
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 33 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
12 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 98% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
46 Aye 31 No
Migration 99% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
53 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
53 Aye 94 No
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 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
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 420 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
47.0% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
896
53.0% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

111
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Appearances
90
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
227
+72.4 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
114
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£2,739,090
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£295,447
31% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
195 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
49 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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