Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)

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 (Science, Innovation and Technology).

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Scorecard

71.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

410 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

165 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

331 Debates spoken in 292 written questions tabled

Ranked 344 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)	No	364–167
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc)	No	327–182
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts)	No	362–164
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31	No	348–176
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years)	No	369–166
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)	No	371–166
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading	No	322–179
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80	Aye	187–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69	Aye	189–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17	No vote	87–321
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25	Aye	99–367
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85	No vote	57–309
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29	No vote	74–311
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2	Aye	158–318
19 Nov 2025	Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No	326–92
19 Nov 2025	Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division	No vote	376–16
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading	No	320–105
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	Aye	165–327
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5	Aye	147–318
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4	Aye	143–318
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40	No	244–132
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39	No	250–133
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	No	252–130
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No	254–129
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33	No	257–128

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

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Debates

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

Road Congestion 16 Jul 2026 · 1 contribution, 1 question
Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment 16 Jul 2026 · 1 contribution
Science, innovation and technology Committee 9 Jul 2026 · 1 contribution, 1 question
Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy 8 Jul 2026 · 2 contributions
Draft Trade (Mobile Roaming) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026 · 1 contribution
Online Safety: Children 1 Jul 2026 · 1 contribution, 1 question
Defence Investment Plan 30 Jun 2026 · 1 contribution, 1 question
Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026 30 Jun 2026 · 3 contributions
Thames Water 16 Jun 2026 · 1 contribution, 1 question
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill 16 Jun 2026 · 4 contributions

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.

Accepted	Recipient	Donor	Type	Value
14 Feb 2025	Dr Ben Spencer sitting MP	Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other	Visit	£7,634

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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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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