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Dr Ben Spencer vs Stephen Kinnock

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 Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,015 different votes 1,061 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
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
57 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 111 shared votes
52 Aye 59 No
95 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
31 Aye 99 No
12 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 38 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
38 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
115
+31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
443
+297.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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