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Josh Newbury vs Dr Ben Spencer
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Josh Newbury and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.
19 same votes
342 different votes
361 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
84.6%
12% above average
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
499
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
263
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
236
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
13
2.6% 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
123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
144
-1.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API