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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,354 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,286 different votes 1,354 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
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 176 shared votes
71 Aye 105 No
42 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
23 Aye 39 No
60 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 126 shared votes
68 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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