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John Whitby vs Mr Clive Betts

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

Photograph of John Whitby
John Whitby
Lab Derbyshire Dales
vs
Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

John Whitby and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 0 different votes 420 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
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 647
Participation
76.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 647
479
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,773
2,323 eligible divisions
251
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
56.5 % of votes cast
228
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
771
43.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

44
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 647
Appearances
38
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647
55
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 647
Contributions
69
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API