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Sir James Cleverly vs Dr Simon Opher

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 Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 335 different votes 339 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
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,681
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
619 eligible divisions
791
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
47.1% of votes cast
890
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
263
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% 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
59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
94
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Contributions
92
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
76 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
33 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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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