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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,182 shared comparable votes.

1,156 same votes 26 different votes 1,182 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
61 Aye 95 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
61 Aye 95 No
15 Aye 38 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
15 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Trade 90% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 92% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
64 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 119 shared votes
62 Aye 57 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 97% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 650
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
1,388
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,417 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.2% of votes cast
719
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,019
52.8% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

114
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Appearances
392
+297.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
230
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
512
+347.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
194 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 159 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 117 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 151 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22B 26 Jun 2023
Defence
No rebel
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
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