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Clive Efford vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,339 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,275 different votes 1,339 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 58 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 164 shared votes
61 Aye 103 No
23 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 52 No
Migration 4% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 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 418 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
54 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