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Richard Burgon vs Sir James Cleverly

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,297 different votes 1,366 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
35 Aye 20 No
Education 7% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
105 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 165 shared votes
62 Aye 103 No
22 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 59 No
Migration 5% aligned 83 shared votes
57 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Contributions
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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