Sir James Cleverly
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Region
- England
- Member since
- 7 May 2015
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 66%
- Debates contributed to
- 119
- Registered interests
- 33
- Declared value
- £453,726
Record last updated 14 Oct 2026
Sir James Cleverly, the Conservative MP for Braintree, is in the longest serving 25% of MPs, having been first elected in May 2015 and re-elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024. He has cast 387 votes out of 590 eligible divisions, a participation rate of 66%, and has made 333 contributions across 117 debates, with his top debate topics being Foreign Affairs & Defence, Local Government, and Other / Procedural matters. His top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.
Summary generated on 09/10/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
391 / 595
65.71%
Ranked #445 of 655 MPs (32th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
119 / 11985
335 total contributions
Ranked #413 of 655 MPs (37th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
33
£453,726.39
Ranked #10 of 655 MPs (99th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
The Rt Hon Sir James Cleverly is the Conservative MP for Braintree, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Constituencies
- Braintree May 2015 – present · 4 terms
Posts held
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Jul 2025 – Aug 2026 · Opposition
- Shadow Home Secretary Jul 2024 – Nov 2024 · Opposition
- Home Secretary Nov 2023 – Jul 2024
- Foreign Secretary Sep 2022 – Nov 2023
- Secretary of State for Education Jul 2022 – Sep 2022
- Minister of State (Minister for Europe) Feb 2022 – Jul 2022
- Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) Sep 2020 – Feb 2022
- Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) Feb 2020 – Sep 2020
- Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) Jul 2019 – Feb 2020
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Exiting the European Union) Apr 2019 – Jul 2019