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Mr Clive Betts vs David Burton-Sampson

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

Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
vs
Photograph of David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 479 shared comparable votes.

476 same votes 3 different votes 479 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 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
60 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
60 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
543
620 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
51.6% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
65
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
55
-101.0 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
68
-88.0 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
77 of 82 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
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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