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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,483 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,419 different votes 1,483 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 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
63 Aye 112 No
60 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 139 shared votes
79 Aye 60 No
47 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 57 shared votes
12 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
123 Aye 79 No
Tax 0% aligned 202 shared votes
79 Aye 123 No
27 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% 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
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
59 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