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Sir James Cleverly vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 173 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 170 different votes 173 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% 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

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API