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Mr Clive Betts vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Clive Betts and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,042 shared comparable votes.
52 same votes
990 different votes
1,042 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.4%
4% above average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API