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Mr Clive Betts vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 302 different votes 308 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
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
38 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
38 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
1,762
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
1,000
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
762
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 648
Appearances
0
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 648
Contributions
0
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API