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Mr Clive Betts vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Tim Farron voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,231 shared comparable votes.

966 same votes 265 different votes 1,231 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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
101 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
98 Aye 65 No
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 26 No
Trade 96% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 72 No
Migration 94% aligned 108 shared votes
34 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 43% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 51% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
98 Aye 50 No
Tax 56% aligned 148 shared votes
83 Aye 65 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 62% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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