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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,185 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 1,088 different votes 1,185 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
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 69 No
Migration 11% aligned 96 shared votes
60 Aye 36 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 107 shared votes
59 Aye 48 No
18 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

57
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
49
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
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