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Dr Ben Spencer vs Steve Yemm

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Steve Yemm voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 385 different votes 397 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 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
51.0% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
270
49.0% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
104
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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