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Clive Efford vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,405 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,355 different votes 1,405 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
88 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 152 shared votes
65 Aye 87 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 95 No
Migration 0% aligned 127 shared votes
95 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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