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Dr Ben Spencer vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Steve Reed voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 781 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 753 different votes 781 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
6 Aye 17 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 23 No
Migration 3% aligned 87 shared votes
20 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
428
+282.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API