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Mr Clive Betts vs Jack Abbott

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Jack Abbott voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 470 shared comparable votes.

468 same votes 2 different votes 470 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
58 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
58 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
58 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 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
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
536
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
49.4% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
271
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
49
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 649
Contributions
29
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£181,221
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£181,221
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API