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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 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 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 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

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 649
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
478
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
235
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
243
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

31
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
42
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 649
Contributions
223
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649

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
12
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
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API