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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
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Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 847 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 463 different votes 847 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
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 78% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 59% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
16 Aye 10 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 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

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
41
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
87
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649

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
3
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
69 of 70 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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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