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Mr Clive Betts vs Claire Hughes

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
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Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

445 same votes 0 different votes 445 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
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API