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Mr Clive Betts vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

245 same votes 153 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
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 43% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 44% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 45% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% 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
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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