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Mike Tapp vs Sir James Cleverly

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

Photograph of Mike Tapp
Mike Tapp
Lab Dover and Deal
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Mike Tapp and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 282 different votes 286 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.6 %
4 % above average
Rank 277 of 650
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 650
431
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,349 eligible divisions
216
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
767
46.9 % of votes cast
215
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
870
53.1 % of votes cast
3
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
31
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
90
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
49
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,918
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£191,918
15 % 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 89 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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