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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 321 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 315 different votes 321 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
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 650
Participation
82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 156 of 650
452
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
1,626 eligible divisions
223
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
642
48.0 % of votes cast
229
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
696
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
Appearances
99
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
29
-94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Contributions
211
+87.2 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Trade
50 of 51 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#4
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API