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Christian Wakeford vs Sir James Cleverly

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 816 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 432 different votes 816 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
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 81% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 66% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 60% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 8% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 16% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 648
Participation
69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,613
2,312 eligible divisions
662
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
753
46.7 % of votes cast
705
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
860
53.3 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
Appearances
34
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 648
1
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Contributions
48
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
57 of 58 votes
#2
Transport
73 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Elections Bill Third Reading 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
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