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Mr Clive Betts vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,623 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,554 different votes 1,623 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
23 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 7% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
145 Aye 81 No
Tax 0% aligned 226 shared votes
81 Aye 145 No
33 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
43 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
22 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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