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Lucy Powell vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,393 shared comparable votes.

1,392 same votes 1 different votes 1,393 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
124 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
124 Aye 66 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
108 Aye 64 No
65 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
65 Aye 77 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
50 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 62 shared votes
50 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
124 Aye 66 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
108 Aye 64 No
65 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
65 Aye 77 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
50 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 62 shared votes
50 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API