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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.

Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
vs
Photograph of Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 1 different votes 417 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 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 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 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 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 280 of 650
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 650
1,791
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
558 eligible divisions
1,009
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.0 % of votes cast
782
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
235
48.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
48
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Contributions
119
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£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
31 of 31 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
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