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Dr Ben Spencer vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,010 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
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
93 Aye 33 No
Migration 2% aligned 126 shared votes
30 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
31 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 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