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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,121 shared comparable votes.

1,112 same votes 9 different votes 1,121 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
55 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
55 Aye 97 No
90 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
90 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 39 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
14 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 23 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
62 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 117 shared votes
63 Aye 54 No
55 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 152 shared votes
55 Aye 97 No
90 Aye 27 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
90 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 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
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

110
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
104
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
226
+71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
129
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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