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Clive Efford vs Rebecca Smith

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 Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 266 different votes 275 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 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
38 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
4 of 4 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 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: 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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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