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Clive Efford vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,545 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,476 different votes 1,545 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
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 132 shared votes
68 Aye 64 No
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
64 Aye 104 No
35 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 38 No
Transport 0% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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