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Matt Bishop vs Sir James Cleverly

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 211 different votes 214 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
6
2 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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API