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Olivia Blake vs Mr Clive Betts

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
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Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

1,093 same votes 11 different votes 1,104 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
98 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
98 Aye 59 No
45 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
45 Aye 68 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
38 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
38 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 85% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 96% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
39 Aye 74 No
Migration 98% aligned 113 shared votes
37 Aye 76 No
98 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 157 shared votes
98 Aye 59 No
45 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
45 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
649
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
590
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
Contributions
49
-96.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Transport
53 of 64 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye rebel
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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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