Ben Spencer’s voting in Parliament

Ben Spencer is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

This is a random selection of Ben Spencer’s votes.

• Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Voted a mixture of for and against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 3 votes for, 2 votes against, 5 absences, between 2021–2022.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 9 votes against, 1 absence, between 2020–2022.
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2020.
• Has never voted on reducing central government funding of local government Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2021.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Mental Health Treatment and Support 7 Jun 2023

  As a now non-practising former consultant psychiatrist, I have a host of declarations I should make in terms of speaking in this debate. For the sake of brevity, I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my declarations as part of my work on the pre-legislative scrutiny Joint Committee, which list them in full. This is an important debate and I shall...

• Mental Health Treatment and Support 7 Jun 2023

  It is simply because of advocacy; the conditions debated tend to be mental health conditions for which people can advocate. We talk a lot about dementia, and the children of those suffering tend to advocate for them. For CAMHS, it is the parents who advocate. For common mental disorder, people are able to advocate for themselves, but psychosis can be—I do not want to make a broad...

• Mental Health Treatment and Support 7 Jun 2023

  As a now non-practising former consultant psychiatrist, I have a host of declarations I should make in terms of speaking in this debate. For the sake of brevity, I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my declarations as part of my work on the pre-legislative scrutiny Joint Committee, which list them in full. This is an important debate and I shall...

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Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Kickstart Scheme
• Higher Education: Foreign Students
• Coronavirus: Disease Control
• Coronavirus: Mortality Rates

Currently held offices

• Member, Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill (since 11 Jul 2022)
• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (since 5 Jan 2022)
• Member, Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (since 8 Dec 2021)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Philip Hammond

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)