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James MacCleary vs Mr Clive Betts

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

Photograph of James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes
vs
Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 250 different votes 319 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 45 No
Tax 5% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 5 No
Transport 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
364
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
189
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
175
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

93
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
56
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
102
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
Contributions
48
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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