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James MacCleary vs Wera Hobhouse

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 Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 2 different votes 316 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
9 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 48 No
Tax 99% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

60.9%
12% below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 352 of 650
384
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,579
2,162 eligible divisions
201
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
860
54.5% of votes cast
183
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
719
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

102
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
111
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
224
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Transport
23 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API