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Mr Clive Betts vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 606 shared comparable votes.

606 same votes 0 different votes 606 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
51 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
51 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
51 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
736
1,003 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
357
48.5% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
53
-109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Contributions
319
+157.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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: 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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