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Dr Ben Spencer vs Chris Curtis

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Chris Curtis 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
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
81.0%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
478
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
49.2% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.8% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Contributions
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,956
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£182,956
19% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API