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Sir James Cleverly

Conservative Braintree

Voting record

1
Voted for
7
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sir James Cleverly’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 95%

How often Sir James Cleverly voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Sir James Cleverly doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2025-07-22 to 2026-08-31) Shadow
Shadow Home Secretary — Home Office (2024-07-08 to 2024-11-05) Shadow
Home Secretary — Home Office (2023-11-13 to 2024-07-05) Government
Foreign Secretary — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2022-09-06 to 2023-11-13) Government
Secretary of State for Education — Department for Education (2022-07-07 to 2022-09-06) Government
Minister of State (Minister for Europe) — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2022-02-08 to 2022-07-07) Government
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2020-09-02 to 2022-02-08) Government
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2020-02-13 to 2020-09-02) Government
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2019-07-24 to 2020-02-13) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Exiting the European Union) — Department for Exiting the European Union (2019-04-04 to 2019-07-24) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sir James Cleverly →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Speaking engagements
Payer: JLA Speakers Ltd (Speaking agency), 14 Berners Street, London W1T 3LJ
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Registered 18 June 2025)
Payment: £11,900
Received on: 3 October 2025. Hours: 18 hrs preparation time and delivery and engagement.
Ultimate payer: Informa Connect Ltd (Host and facilitate live events, Digital content and training for professionals), 5 Horwick Place, London, SW1P 1WG
(Registered 10 October 2025)
Payment: £5,950
Received on: 3 October 2025. Hours: 12 hrs Preparation and delivery.
Ultimate payer: Builders Merchant Federation (Trade association representing and protecting the majority of building materials businesses), 1180 Elliott Court, Herald Avenue, Coventry CV5 6UB
(Registered 10 October 2025)
Payment: £12,750
Received on: 8 August 2025. Hours: 20 hrs preparation, delivery and travel.
Ultimate payer: Speakers Associates (Preseneters, hosts and workshop delivery for business), 15 Kinghorn Park, Maidenhead SL6 7TX
(Registered 13 October 2025)
Payment: £6,800
Received on: 5 December 2025. Hours: 7 hrs approximate hours including preparation and speech delivery.
Ultimate payer: Marketing in Partnership Ltd (Marketing and events communications agency specialising in Financial Services), New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR
(Registered 10 December 2025)
Payment: £5,950
Received on: 19 December 2025. Hours: 8 hrs preparation and speech work.
Ultimate payer: Propertydrum Ltd (a media and events platform serving UK property agency), 18, Church Street, Epsom KT17 4QD
(Registered 5 January 2026)

Role, work or services: Senior Adviser
From: 2 January 2026.
Payer: BOKA Capital Ltd (Technology investment firm), Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place, London W1J 8AJ
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Registered 7 January 2026)
Remuneration: £52,000 a year paid monthly
From: 2 January 2026.
Hours: 7 hrs a week
(Registered 7 January 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy
Address of donor: USC Pol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern, California, 35511 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Ángeles CA 90089
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights LHR-LAX-LHR (£16,044.36), car rental (£806.91), hotel LA 3 nights (£988.32), car service from LAX (£343.83), USC apartment (£3743.36), Uber to LAX (£106.93), Flight LAX-SMF-LAX (£1364.08) and hotel in Sacramento (£461.10), value £23,858.89
Destination of visit: United States (Los Angeles and Sacremento)
Dates of visit: 29 January 2026 to 22 February 2026
Purpose of visit: I visited Los Angeles and Sacramento accompanied by Lady Cleverly, as the guests of The Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. I was invited as a fellow and guest lecturer and to meet with the British and American Business Council, as well as notable figures and politicians in the Housing, Building, Regulation and Political sphere.
(Registered 5 March 2026)

Education
8. Miscellaneous

Officer in the Reserve Forces. I have received no payments since my election.
(Registered 4 June 2016; updated 27 October 2016)

Non-executive Board Member of the Parliamentary Knowledge Schemes. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 May 2025
(Registered 23 September 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sir James Cleverly yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sir James Cleverly has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£276,468.39 paid out to or for Sir James Cleverly across 120 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sir James Cleverly’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £218,032.12 (1 claim)
Office Costs — £39,816.77 (90 claims)
Accommodation — £17,216.83 (26 claims)
Miscellaneous — £1,068.00 (1 claim)
MP Travel — £292.50 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £42.17 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £103.37, 2026-03-08 — Electricity
Training - staff — £375.00, 2026-02-13 — HIVE SUPPORT LTD
Stationery & printing — £476.05, 2026-02-10 — Banner March 2026
Utilities — £96.17, 2026-02-03 — Electricity
Software & applications — £238.59, 2026-01-15 — ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200013637-306]
Advertising and contact cards — £1,200.00, 2025-12-15 — BRAINTREE TOWN FOOTBAL
Utilities — £84.25, 2025-12-07 — Electricity
Cleaning services — £181.25, 2025-10-14 — Banner November 2025

Every claim on file for Sir James Cleverly →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sir James Cleverly — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sir James Cleverly’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sir James Cleverly is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer — Officer
Declared funding: Breast Cancer Now (£7,501-9,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Breast Cancer Now — about £8,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer).

Breast Cancer Now — about £8,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sir James Cleverly personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sir James Cleverly is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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