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Mr Clive Betts vs Lewis Atkinson

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 Lewis Atkinson
Lewis Atkinson
Lab Sunderland Central

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Lewis Atkinson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

413 same votes 0 different votes 413 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
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 25 of 647
1,773
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
1,002
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
246
50.8 % of votes cast
771
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
238
49.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 647
Appearances
60
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 647
50
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£220,533
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£220,533
2 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API