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Sarah Smith vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Clive Efford voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 3 different votes 326 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
46 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 89% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
46 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,846
2,417 eligible divisions
214
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,037
56.2% of votes cast
191
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
43.8% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
93
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% 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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API