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James MacCleary vs Richard Burgon

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

Photograph of James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes
vs
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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Richard Burgon voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 206 different votes 281 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 5 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 7% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 4 No
Transport 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 564 of 649
Participation
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 649
351
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,890
2,361 eligible divisions
179
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
55.0 % of votes cast
172
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.0 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
43
2.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
78
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
103
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Contributions
90
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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

Housing
26 of 31 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
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
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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