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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 281 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 278 different votes 281 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
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 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

69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 441 of 647
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
1,615
2,315 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
529 eligible divisions
755
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
206
48.7 % of votes cast
860
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
217
51.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.7 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 647
Appearances
39
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 647
48
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 647
Contributions
63
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 647

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
9
4 registered categories
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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