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Mr Clive Betts vs Lorraine Beavers

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 Lorraine Beavers
Lorraine Beavers
Lab Blackpool North and Fleetwood

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Lorraine Beavers voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 467 shared comparable votes.

458 same votes 9 different votes 467 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
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 11 No
Benefits 74% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
Participation
86.7%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
1,841
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
549
633 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
52.8% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
259
47.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
56
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
87
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£199,406
12% below average
4
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
77 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
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
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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