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Mr Clive Betts vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,506 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,422 different votes 1,506 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
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
70 Aye 101 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 15 No
Energy 6% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
39 Aye 78 No
Migration 4% aligned 117 shared votes
75 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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