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Sir James Cleverly vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 844 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 815 different votes 844 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
15 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
48 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 73 shared votes
22 Aye 51 No
9 Aye 23 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
52 of 54 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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