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Mr Clive Betts vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,542 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,466 different votes 1,542 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
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
66 Aye 104 No
60 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 136 shared votes
77 Aye 59 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
144 Aye 72 No
Tax 0% aligned 216 shared votes
72 Aye 144 No
33 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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