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Clive Efford vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Jim Shannon voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,546 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 1,147 different votes 1,546 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
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 49% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 78 No
Migration 47% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
34 Aye 21 No
Benefits 45% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Housing 41% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 170 shared votes
60 Aye 110 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 13% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 16% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
139 Aye 71 No
Tax 16% aligned 210 shared votes
88 Aye 122 No
46 Aye 24 No
Education 19% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
1,017
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
781
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Appearances
1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
81
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649
Contributions
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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