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Ms Marie Rimmer vs Dr Ben Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Ms Marie Rimmer and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 898 different votes 953 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
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 437 of 649
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
1,652
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
883
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
769
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
32
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Contributions
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,944,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£257,584
14% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
Education
77 of 96 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 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