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How Ben Spencer votes

Ben Spencer voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 202 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Ben Spencer has 5 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcestechUK - £450.007 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesInforma Connect Holdings Ltd, - £4,999.0030 Jun 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPBansols Beta Ltd - £10,000.0026 Jan 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPCarol and Clive Chase - £6,000.0024 Nov 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Japan between 08 October 2025 and 16 October 202512 Nov 2025

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Ben Spencer asked 76 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care13
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs10
Department for Transport10
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology9
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government8

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
11 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 22 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Answered 25 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£22,242
Office costs · claims for running an office£22,242

64 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Ben Spencer represents Runnymede and Weybridge. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Ben Spencer

Conservative

MAJORITY
7,627

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Ben Spencer won with 38% of the votes, and Ellen Nicholson (Liberal Democrat) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 18,442
Liberal Democrat22% · 10,815
Labour21% · 9,963
Reform UK13% · 6,419
Green Party4% · 1,954
Independent1% · 518
Everyone else0% · 142
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ben SpencerConservative18,44238.2%
Ellen NicholsonLiberal Democrat10,81522.4%
Robert KingLabour9,96320.6%
Stewart MackayReform UK6,41913.3%
Steven RinghamGreen Party1,9544.0%
Michael CresseyIndependent5181.1%
Nicholas WoodUK Independence Party1420.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£966 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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