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Mr Clive Betts vs Steve Witherden

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

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Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
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Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Steve Witherden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 2 different votes 401 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
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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