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Mr Clive Betts vs Alice Macdonald

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

Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
vs
Photograph of Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

437 same votes 0 different votes 437 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
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
34 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
34 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 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 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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