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Mr Clive Betts vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,026 shared comparable votes.

920 same votes 106 different votes 1,026 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
34 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 73% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 75% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 77% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
109 Aye 51 No
Tax 78% aligned 160 shared votes
103 Aye 57 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,762
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
1,000
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
762
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
89
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API