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Mr Clive Betts vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 729 shared comparable votes.

727 same votes 2 different votes 729 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
88 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
88 Aye 54 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
73 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 113 shared votes
74 Aye 39 No
88 Aye 54 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
88 Aye 54 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
32
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
49
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
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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