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Mr Clive Betts vs James Murray

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
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

1,118 same votes 1 different votes 1,119 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
104 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
55 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
55 Aye 70 No
38 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
38 Aye 82 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
37 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
37 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
55 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
55 Aye 70 No
38 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
38 Aye 82 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
37 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
37 Aye 11 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
49
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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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