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Dr Ben Spencer vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 935 different votes 1,025 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 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 31 No
Housing 20% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 32 No
Education 12% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
98 Aye 33 No
Migration 2% aligned 131 shared votes
30 Aye 101 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
223
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
62 of 67 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 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