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Sir James Cleverly vs Alice Macdonald

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
vs
Photograph of Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 339 different votes 343 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
24 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
24 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 135 of 650
1,681
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
791
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.1% of votes cast
890
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
261
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Appearances
30
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
94
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Contributions
36
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 573 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Transport
80 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
76 of 94 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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