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Mr Clive Betts vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Michael Shanks voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 425 shared comparable votes.

421 same votes 4 different votes 425 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
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 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

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 650
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
808 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
46.6% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

60
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
113
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
53
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
Contributions
635
+473.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No 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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API