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Sir James Cleverly

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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 →

Every Commons division on file for Sir James Cleverly — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,656 of 2,376 (70%).

10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 no vote recorded
28 Apr 2026 Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 308, Noes 81 no vote recorded
22 Apr 2026 Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 Ayes 380, Noes 7 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Ayes 278, Noes 73 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 281, Noes 70 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Ayes 295, Noes 162 no vote recorded
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 291, Noes 158 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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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