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Sir James Cleverly vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,423 shared comparable votes.

1,413 same votes 10 different votes 1,423 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
70 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
73 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
73 Aye 54 No
40 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
37 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 189 shared votes
69 Aye 120 No
70 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
73 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
73 Aye 54 No
40 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 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 429 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 410 of 650
1,673
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,396 eligible divisions
787
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.7% of votes cast
886
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
901
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
61
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
92
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
67
-84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 465 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
Trade
76 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API