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Mr Clive Betts vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 534 shared comparable votes.

534 same votes 0 different votes 534 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
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
626
789 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
319
51.0% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
307
49.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Appearances
85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
53
-109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Contributions
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
77 of 82 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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