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Clive Efford vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,333 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,333 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
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
103 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
68 Aye 101 No
43 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
24 Aye 40 No
56 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 108 shared votes
53 Aye 55 No
20 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 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
27 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% 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
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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