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Mr Clive Betts vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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
vs
Photograph of Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 857 shared comparable votes.

857 same votes 0 different votes 857 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
77 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
77 Aye 61 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
38 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
77 Aye 61 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
38 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
53
-109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Contributions
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
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
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: 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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