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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 309 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 305 different votes 309 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
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 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 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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 437 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,650
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
774
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
47.4% of votes cast
876
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
244
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
Appearances
43
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
87
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
61
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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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