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Chris Curtis vs Dr Ben Spencer

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Chris Curtis and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 345 different votes 352 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 650
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 156 of 650
497
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,388
1,695 eligible divisions
249
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
669
48.2% of votes cast
248
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
719
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

35
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
Appearances
117
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
43
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Contributions
234
+70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£182,956
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£182,956
19% below average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
61 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
53 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API