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Sir James Cleverly vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,205 different votes 1,268 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
15 Aye 21 No
Energy 8% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
56 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
105 Aye 54 No
54 Aye 26 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
22 Aye 58 No
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
24 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API