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Paul Davies vs Mr Clive Betts

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 508 shared comparable votes.

508 same votes 0 different votes 508 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
60 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
60 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
60 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
584
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
296
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
288
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
814
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
61
-101.0 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Contributions
53
-109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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