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Sir James Cleverly vs Alex Ballinger

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 Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 282 different votes 285 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 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 437 of 649
Participation
75.1%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
1,650
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
582 eligible divisions
774
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
47.8% of votes cast
876
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
87
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
Contributions
119
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
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