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Mr Clive Betts vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and John McDonnell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,667 shared comparable votes.

1,630 same votes 37 different votes 1,667 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
145 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
145 Aye 81 No
109 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
109 Aye 70 No
40 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 22 No
Benefits 85% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
50 Aye 13 No
Education 94% aligned 63 shared votes
46 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 17 No
Energy 94% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 95 No
Migration 97% aligned 132 shared votes
37 Aye 95 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
Participation
79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
1,841
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
872
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
56
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
77 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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