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Michael Wheeler vs Sir James Cleverly

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

Photograph of Michael Wheeler
Michael Wheeler
Lab Worsley and Eccles
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Michael Wheeler and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 370 different votes 376 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
37 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 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 650
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 426 of 650
554
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,681
2,406 eligible divisions
271
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
47.1% of votes cast
283
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
890
52.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

13
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
17
-145.0 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
95
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£199,765
12% below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Transport
80 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 94 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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