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Dr Ben Spencer vs Tahir Ali

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Tahir Ali voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,002 different votes 1,045 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
17 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
56 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
82 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
31 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 32 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 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
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

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