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Andrew Pakes vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 11 different votes 379 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
31 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
Participation
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
449
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
214
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
235
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
814
44.2% of votes cast
13
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

89
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
107
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Contributions
56
-113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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