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Mr Clive Betts vs Linsey Farnsworth

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

439 same votes 1 different votes 440 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
57 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
57 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
57 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
57 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
51.4% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
251
48.6% 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
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API