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Clive Efford vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,187 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,111 different votes 1,187 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
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 9% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
50 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 98 shared votes
49 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
98 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 151 shared votes
58 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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
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