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Gareth Snell vs Mr Clive Betts

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 806 shared comparable votes.

792 same votes 14 different votes 806 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
82 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
82 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 17 No
Transport 95% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
65 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 104 shared votes
66 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
82 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
82 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
Participation
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
550
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,417 eligible divisions
271
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
279
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
814
44.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
56
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API