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Jack Abbott vs Sir James Cleverly

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 346 different votes 351 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

91.3 %
19 % above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
525
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
263
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
262
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
3
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Contributions
87
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,106
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£181,106
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
5
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API