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Mr Clive Betts vs Caroline Voaden

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 Caroline Voaden
Caroline Voaden
LD South Devon

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Caroline Voaden voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 278 different votes 342 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
49 Aye 29 No
Tax 5% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 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 277 of 649
Participation
68.9 %
4 % below average
Rank 453 of 649
1,805
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
575 eligible divisions
1,016
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
197
49.7 % of votes cast
789
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
199
50.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Appearances
158
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
47
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
193
+54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£193,283
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£193,283
15 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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