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Clive Efford vs Mark Sewards

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Mark Sewards voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 2 different votes 377 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
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
1,842
2,413 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
627 eligible divisions
1,036
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
47.8% of votes cast
806
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
200
+106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
88
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Contributions
211
+47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 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
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API