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Mr Clive Betts vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 451 shared comparable votes.

451 same votes 0 different votes 451 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
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
798
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% 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
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
155
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API