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Clive Efford vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,607 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,543 different votes 1,607 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
26 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
80 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 152 shared votes
78 Aye 74 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 6% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
34 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 72 shared votes
24 Aye 48 No
34 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 72 shared votes
38 Aye 34 No
44 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 67 shared votes
23 Aye 44 No
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API