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Mr Clive Betts vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,289 shared comparable votes.

1,047 same votes 242 different votes 1,289 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
34 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
34 Aye 64 No
101 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 35 No
Trade 92% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 13 No
Education 48% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 56% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
127 Aye 59 No
Tax 62% aligned 186 shared votes
110 Aye 76 No
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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