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Mr Clive Betts vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Melanie Ward voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 12 different votes 419 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
636 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.6% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.9% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Appearances
77
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
56
-113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 650
Contributions
121
-48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 337 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
77 of 82 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API