Dr Ben Spencer
MP since 12 Dec 2019
When contacting this Member, please be respectful. See Parliament’s contact guidance.
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).
1385
Votes Cast
N/A
Expenses
7,627
Majority
38.2%
Vote Share
Expenses
No expense data available.
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 48,253 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
492
Written Questions
17
Oral Questions
148
Debates Spoken In⚑
269
Speeches⚑
447
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
How would you have voted?
Tap AYE or NO on the votes below to see how you compare with Dr.
1385 votes — page 2 of 56
3 AYEHealth Bill
3 votes · 8 Sept 2026
Health Bill
3 votes · 8 Sept 2026
2 AYE2 NORepresentation of the People Bill
4 votes · 2 Sept 2026
Representation of the People Bill
4 votes · 2 Sept 2026
2 AYEPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 14 Jul 2026
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 14 Jul 2026
2 AYETaxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
2 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
2 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Financial Interests(7)
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Bansols Beta Ltd
£10,000 money donated to FTL Club, an unincorporated association, to support my political activities.
£10,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Bansols Beta Ltd
£10,000 money donated to FTL Club, an unincorporated association, to support my political activities.
- 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
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Carol and Clive Chase
£6,000 money donated to FTL Club, an unincorporated association, to support my political activities.
£6,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Carol and Clive Chase
£6,000 money donated to FTL Club, an unincorporated association, to support my political activities.
- 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
Visits outside the UK
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
£5,325
Visits outside the UK
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Name of donor
- Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Address of donor
- 2, Ketagalan Blvd, Zhongzheng Dist, Taipei City 100202, Taiwan
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (£5325), accommodation (£1404), food and hospitality (£605), transport in Taiwan (£300), value £7,634
- Destination of visit
- Taiwan
- Dates of visit
- 14 February 2025 to 22 February 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Strengthening UK - Taiwanese relations and engagement with Taiwanese leadership, including visits and meetings linked to my role as Shadow DSIT Minister of State.
Registered 13 March 2025
Visits outside the UK
APPG for Japan
£3,135
Visits outside the UK
APPG for Japan
- 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
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd
Two tickets plus hospitality to the 2025 Brit Awards
1 March 2025
£3,120
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd
Two tickets plus hospitality to the 2025 Brit Awards
1 March 2025
- Name of donor
- BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd
- Address of donor
- 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Two tickets plus hospitality to the 2025 Brit Awards, value £3,120
- Date received
- 1 March 2025
- Date accepted
- 1 March 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 01132389
Registered 6 March 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dr in Parliament
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the sum over three years announced for the AI Economics Institutes on 24 October 2026 is in addition to the sum per year set out in her Department's
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what basis the commitments of model credits and other support made by OpenAI and Anthropic to the AI Biosecurity Lab were valued.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to 32378, on what date OpenAI informed the Government that one of its models had accessed publicly available UK government statistics.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the AI Security Institute evaluated Meta’s Muse Wonder before its release on 12 October 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the AI Security Institute evaluated OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Terra before its release on 26 October 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how many contracts have been awarded under the Sovereign AI Research and Development Procurement Scheme.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the AI Security Institute will publish the findings of its evaluation of Gemini 4 Argon.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the outcomes of the grants awarded under the Alignment Project will be independently evaluated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether any of the £100 million for the AI Biosecurity Lab announced on 24 October 2026 is drawn from the £115 million that t
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, which of the five AI Growth Zones have planning consent in place.
Other Conservative MPs
Explore more Members of Parliament sitting for Conservative.