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John Whitby vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 2 different votes 411 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
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
524
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
266
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
258
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Contributions
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API