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Stephen Doughty vs Clive Efford

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,385 shared comparable votes.

1,379 same votes 6 different votes 1,385 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
114 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
114 Aye 53 No
76 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
76 Aye 60 No
38 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
38 Aye 84 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 94% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
96 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 162 shared votes
98 Aye 64 No
114 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
114 Aye 53 No
76 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
76 Aye 60 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 6 (J Lewis) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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