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Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

Dr Ben Spencer is the Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office).

Scorecard

71.4% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
421 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
169 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
6 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
5 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
334 Debates spoken in 300 written questions tabled

Ranked 341 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No vote 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No vote 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£10,000

Name of donor: Bansols Beta Ltd
Address of donor: 12 North Bar, Banbury OX16 0TB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 money donated to FTL Club, an unincorporated association, to support my political activities.
Donor status: company, registration 02878404
(Registered 26 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

£6,000

Name of donor: Carol and Clive Chase
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 money donated to FTL Club, an unincorporated association, to support my political activities.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Informa Connect Holdings Ltd,
Address of donor: 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: VIP pass to London Tech Week which I attended in my role as Shadow Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (value estimated based on the closest commercial equivalent VIP Premium Pass), value £4,999
Date received: 8 June 2026 to 10 June 2026
Date accepted: 8 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 15615107
(Registered 30 June 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: techUK
Address of donor: 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Attendance at the techUK annual dinner 2026. I attended this event in my role as Shadow Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, value £450
Date received: 30 June 2026
Date accepted: 30 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01200318
(Registered 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

£6,017

Name of donor: APPG for Japan
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£3,134.90), accommodation (£1,943.14), food and hospitality (£574.65), transport in Japan (£364.97), value £6,017.66
Destination of visit: Japan
Dates of visit: 8 October 2025 to 16 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Strengthening UK-Japan relations and engagement with Japanese politicians and businesses, including visits and meetings linked to my role as Shadow DSIT Minister of State.
(Registered 12 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

334 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £7,634 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
14 Feb 2025 Dr Ben Spencer sitting MP Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other Visit £7,634

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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