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James MacCleary vs Stephen Kinnock

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
Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 237 different votes 301 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
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 25% 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
9 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 6% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
369
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,381 eligible divisions
192
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,015
56.5% of votes cast
177
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
782
43.5% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

94
+8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
113
+27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
103
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
Contributions
439
+290.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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