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Clive Efford vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 2 different votes 408 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
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API