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Gareth Snell vs Dr Ben Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 354 different votes 363 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Contributions
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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