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Mr Clive Betts vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Blair McDougall voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 12 different votes 398 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
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Appearances
72
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
56
-113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 650
Contributions
347
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 57 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
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
77 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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