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Sir James Cleverly vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 305 different votes 308 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
1,650
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
582 eligible divisions
774
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
51.8% of votes cast
876
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
214
48.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
22
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
87
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
25
-112.6 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
3
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API