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Sir James Cleverly vs Rachel Blake

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
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Photograph of Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Rachel Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 343 different votes 349 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

69.8%
3% below average
Rank 427 of 650
Participation
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
1,687
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
631 eligible divisions
791
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
51.6% of votes cast
896
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Appearances
80
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
99
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Contributions
102
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
81 of 97 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
76 of 94 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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