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Mr Clive Betts vs Mr Louie French

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
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Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 764 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 739 different votes 764 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 79 No
Migration 4% aligned 108 shared votes
75 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
36 Aye 65 No
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 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 276 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,802
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
1,016
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
786
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

53
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
47
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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