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Clive Efford vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,471 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,417 different votes 1,471 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
106 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
60 Aye 109 No
57 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 121 shared votes
63 Aye 58 No
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
20 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API