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Peter Lamb vs Mr Clive Betts

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

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 497 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 16 different votes 497 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
57 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
57 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 19 No
Defence 84% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
57 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
57 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 8 of 650
Participation
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
587
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
293
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
294
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
814
44.2% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

34
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Appearances
63
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
48
-120.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
56
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
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 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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