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Mr Clive Betts vs Sarah Russell

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 Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sarah Russell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 0 different votes 416 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
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
3
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API