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Clive Efford vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,267 shared comparable votes.

1,064 same votes 203 different votes 1,267 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
35 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
35 Aye 78 No
96 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 158 shared votes
94 Aye 64 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 92% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 52% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
34 Aye 22 No
Education 52% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
122 Aye 51 No
Tax 68% aligned 173 shared votes
106 Aye 67 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 72% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
191 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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