Ben Spencer.

Runnymede and Weybridge's MP has made his most conspicuous recent moves on assisted dying, breaking from most Conservative colleagues five times during the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill's Report Stage. Spencer voted against amendments that would have added stricter safeguards — including automatic disqualifiers for patients motivated by fear of being a burden or by financial pressures — putting him firmly in the pro-access camp, where he sits 31 percentage points above his party's average. He also crossed the aisle to back decriminalising women under abortion law, a free-vote issue where he again diverged from the Conservative majority. On transport, he has been vocal locally: introducing legislation on roadworks coordination, publicly criticising South Western Railway service cuts, and pushing the government to use its ownership of the now-nationalised operator to protect constituents.

Spencer votes with his party 98% of the time on standard partisan divisions, and his 71% participation rate sits modestly below the Commons average. His stance profile is classically Conservative — 100% against tax increases, 96% pro-business, 93% tough on crime — but he scores notably higher on parliamentary scrutiny (93%) and Lords scrutiny (100%) than his voting record on assisted dying safeguards might suggest. His 420 contributions span economy, defence, technology, and health, and his background as a psychiatrist visibly shapes his health and social-care speeches. He holds no committee seats.

A 2022 news story from the Disability News Service gave him a negative score for declining to cooperate with a DWP investigation into treatment of disabled people — a lingering reputational mark. Recent local coverage, however, skews neutral to positive, focused on transport and SEND provision. No rebel votes outside assisted dying and abortion have been recorded in the current Parliament, and beyond those issues he remains a reliable party-line voter.