The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Mr Clive Betts vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sarah Olney voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

769 same votes 286 different votes 1,055 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
20 Aye 84 No
Migration 96% aligned 104 shared votes
20 Aye 84 No
38 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 11 No
Education 42% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
90 Aye 48 No
Tax 51% aligned 138 shared votes
79 Aye 59 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 53% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 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 277 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,805
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
1,016
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
789
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
47
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API