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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 476 shared comparable votes.

476 same votes 0 different votes 476 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 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
59 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
59 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
Participation
89.1%
17% above average
Rank 29 of 650
1,841
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
631 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
48.2% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
291
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
180
+86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
55
-108.8 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Contributions
218
+54.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 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 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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