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Jeff Smith vs Clive Efford

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

1,344 same votes 5 different votes 1,349 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
117 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
117 Aye 66 No
30 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
30 Aye 96 No
61 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Benefits 96% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
73 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 104 shared votes
75 Aye 29 No
117 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
117 Aye 66 No
30 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
30 Aye 96 No
61 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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