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Mr Louie French vs Dr Ben Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 857 shared comparable votes.

855 same votes 2 different votes 857 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
91 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
91 Aye 35 No
41 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
41 Aye 73 No
46 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
46 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
91 Aye 35 No
41 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
41 Aye 73 No
46 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
46 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,643 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
648
48.0 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
702
52.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
223
+84.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16 % above average
9
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API