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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,524 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,456 different votes 1,524 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
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
38 Aye 86 No
Migration 6% aligned 124 shared votes
82 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
111 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 179 shared votes
67 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
43 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 57 shared votes
14 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API