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Mr Clive Betts vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 487 shared comparable votes.

477 same votes 10 different votes 487 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
60 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
60 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
60 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,841
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
631 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
49.8% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
56
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
164
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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