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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,462 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,374 different votes 1,462 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
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
92 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 148 shared votes
60 Aye 88 No
34 Aye 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
71 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 154 shared votes
87 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
136 Aye 79 No
Tax 0% aligned 215 shared votes
78 Aye 137 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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