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Sir James Cleverly vs Alex Baker

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

Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree
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Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Alex Baker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 294 different votes 306 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
Participation
77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
590 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
53.4% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
212
46.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Contributions
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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