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Clive Efford vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and David Simmonds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 988 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 945 different votes 988 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 96 No
Migration 5% aligned 131 shared votes
89 Aye 42 No
53 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 102 shared votes
49 Aye 53 No
21 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
Appearances
108
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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