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Mr Clive Betts vs Lewis Cocking

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 Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 347 different votes 354 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
1,762
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
1,000
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
762
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 648
Appearances
72
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 648
Contributions
110
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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