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Alistair Strathern vs Mr Clive Betts

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

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Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 513 shared comparable votes.

513 same votes 0 different votes 513 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
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Energy
24 of 25 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 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API