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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Mark Tami

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Mark Tami voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,079 different votes 1,132 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
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
61 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 116 shared votes
53 Aye 63 No
19 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
94 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
31 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,961
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,069
54.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
892
45.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£286,200
27% above 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
48 of 50 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API