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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 99% of the time, based on 1,107 shared comparable votes.

1,101 same votes 6 different votes 1,107 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 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 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 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 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
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
48.5% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
963
51.5% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% 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
29
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
226
+71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
47
-107.1 vs Commons average
Rank 530 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
27
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
61 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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