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Mark Ferguson vs Sir James Cleverly

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

Photograph of Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 293 different votes 297 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
33 Aye 44 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
33 Aye 44 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
514
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
275
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
239
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % 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

3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
8
-130.3 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
7
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API