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Dr Ben Spencer vs Suella Braverman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Suella Braverman voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 899 shared comparable votes.

887 same votes 12 different votes 899 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
43 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
43 Aye 90 No
25 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
72 Aye 37 No
Migration 96% aligned 109 shared votes
74 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 18 No
Benefits 97% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
48 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 89 shared votes
49 Aye 40 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 166 of 648
Participation
69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 648
1,311
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,613
2,312 eligible divisions
624
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
47.0 % of votes cast
687
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
855
53.0 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

95
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 648
Appearances
27
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
205
+97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 648
Contributions
29
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Trade
49 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
194 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Migration
140 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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