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Sir James Cleverly vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Apsana Begum voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 737 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 696 different votes 737 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
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 15 No
Housing 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
52 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 85 shared votes
37 Aye 48 No
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above 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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API