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Clive Efford vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,147 different votes 1,195 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
101 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 161 shared votes
57 Aye 104 No
25 Aye 73 No
Migration 4% aligned 98 shared votes
69 Aye 29 No
53 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 102 shared votes
50 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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