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Dr Ben Spencer vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

1,077 same votes 4 different votes 1,081 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
99 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
99 Aye 35 No
52 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
52 Aye 82 No
52 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
52 Aye 57 No
29 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
99 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
99 Aye 35 No
52 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
52 Aye 82 No
52 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
52 Aye 57 No
29 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
648
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
702
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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