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Mark Garnier vs Clive Efford

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Clive Efford voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,545 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,474 different votes 1,545 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
16 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
71 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 173 shared votes
106 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
97 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
35 Aye 101 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
35 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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