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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,285 different votes 1,361 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
111 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 49 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 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