Dr Ben Spencer
MP since 12 Dec 2019
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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).
1359
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)
278
Written Questions
17
Oral Questions
144
Debates Spoken In⚑
264
Speeches⚑
421
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
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1 AYE5 NOTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
6 votes · 20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
6 votes · 20 Jun 2025
5 AYE1 NOCrime and Policing Bill Report Stage
6 votes · 17 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage
6 votes · 17 Jun 2025
1 AYE2 NOTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
3 votes · 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
3 votes · 13 Jun 2025
3 AYEPlanning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 9 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 9 Jun 2025
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
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve (a) enforcement and (b) arrears recovery in child maintenance cases where the paying parent resides abroad.
Health Centres: Weybridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for agreeing the final funding arrangements for rebuilding Weybridge Health Centre.
Prime Minister: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 60552 on Prime Minister: Social Media, whether large language models are used in the preparation of the P
Level Crossings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of level crossings on the economy, broken down by (a) region and (b) the UK's GDP.
Prime Minister: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister uses large language model software to help in drafting his social media posts.
Private Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's post on X, dated 11 June 2025, whether she plans to use revenue raised from VAT on school fees for purposes other than ed
GCE A-level and GCSE: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of the use of large language models in the preparation of (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level course work; and whether
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the operation of the Mental Health Act
Universities: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) the prevalence of the use of large language models in the preparation of UCAS personal statements and (b) the potential
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge t
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