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Sir James Cleverly vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,337 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,337 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
5 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 32 No
Education 7% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
102 Aye 60 No
19 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
26 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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