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Valerie Vaz vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,614 shared comparable votes.

1,613 same votes 1 different votes 1,614 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
141 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
141 Aye 71 No
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
82 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
82 Aye 67 No
40 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
40 Aye 105 No
54 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
141 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
141 Aye 71 No
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
82 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
82 Aye 67 No
40 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
40 Aye 105 No
54 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
Participation
76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.6 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
781
43.4 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Contributions
81
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,723
18 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API