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Patrick Spencer vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 307 different votes 313 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

7
-74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
7
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Contributions
461
+318.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API