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Mr Clive Betts vs Jayne Kirkham

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
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Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

422 same votes 0 different votes 422 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
52 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
52 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
52 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
210
+127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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