Sir James Cleverly MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Braintree is Sir James Cleverly (Conservative), MP there since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Sir James Cleverly; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Secretary | Home Office | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Foreign Secretary | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 6 September 2022 | 13 November 2023 |
| Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 |
| Minister of State (Minister for Europe) | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 8 February 2022 | 7 July 2022 |
| Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 2 September 2020 | 8 February 2022 |
| Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 13 February 2020 | 2 September 2020 |
| Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Exiting the European Union) | Department for Exiting the European Union | 4 April 2019 | 24 July 2019 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 22 July 2025 | 31 August 2026 |
| Shadow Home Secretary | Home Office | 8 July 2024 | 5 November 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Education Committee | 30 June 2025 | 1 December 2025 |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 6 November 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| International Trade Committee | 31 October 2016 | 3 May 2017 |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 9 November 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
Other posts
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Co-Chair, Conservative Party | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 |
| Deputy Chair, Conservative Party | 8 January 2018 | 4 April 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9cf1f4bf73a6.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Sir James Cleverly, as the MP registered them: Employment and earnings (2), Miscellaneous (2), Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 5 March 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to United States between 29 January 2026 and 22 February 2026
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-01-29
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-22
Senior Adviser - BOKA Capital Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Senior Adviser
- Date the agreement started: 2026-01-02
- Name of the payer: BOKA Capital Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: Technology investment firm
- Agreement starting 02 January 2026 - £52,000.00
Non-executive Board Member of the Parliamentary Knowledge Schemes. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-05-20
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Speaking engagements - JLA Speakers Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Speaking engagements
- Name of the payer: JLA Speakers Ltd
- Brief description of the payer's business: Speaking agency
- Payment received on 19 December 2025 - £5,950.00
- Payment received on 05 December 2025 - £6,800.00
- Payment received on 08 August 2025 - £12,750.00
- Payment received on 03 October 2025 - £11,900.00
- Payment received on 03 October 2025 - £5,950.00
Officer in the Reserve Forces. I have received no payments since my election.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Sir James Cleverly's office spent £218,197 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £197,330. IPSA lists office spending of £30,233 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £218,197.12 | £197,330.09 | £201,403.80 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,233.24 | £15,381.33 | £9,357.75 |
| Accommodation: spent | £16,962.27 | £19,090.00 | £20,396.11 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £334.67 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £1,068.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £19,940 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Braintree CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (casual), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 415 votes by Sir James Cleverly in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 38 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 7 July 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Sir James Cleverly voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 2,160 written questions have been tabled by Sir James Cleverly, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Cabinet Office.
Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the UK Government has to agree further (a) Town Deals, (b) Growth Deals and (c) County Deals, with local councils and local areas, in (i) England and (ii) other parts …
Local Growth Deals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the status of each Growth Deal signed in the last two Parliaments.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Residences
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 86 (footnote 3) and page 88, whether the monetary value of the benefit in kind of t …
JP Morgan: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the London Borough of Tower Hamlet's Cabinet paper entitled JP Morgan Chase’s Canary Wharf Development and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), of 27 March 2026, if he will place in the Library a cop …
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Freedom of Information Act response FOI2026/17558 of 20 July 2026, on what date the Department deleted the responses to the Call for Evidence o …
Council of the Nations and Regions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Council of Nations and Regions will continue to meet under the new Administration.
Council of the Nations and Regions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 9325, on Council of the Nations and Regions: National Identity, for what reason it has met twice.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness in response to the question from the hon. Member for New Forest East during …
Mayors: 10 Downing Street
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the No10 press release, Whitehall officials to be posted into mayors' offices as PM marks first month of No10 North, of 21 August 2026, what the estimated cost is of the mayoral secondment programme; …
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 56, what was the nature of the Parliamentary Ombudsman complaint that was upheld in …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6d404121ed82. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sir James Cleverly.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 3,670 for Sir James Cleverly in Braintree in July 2024, from 17,414 votes on a turnout of 63.1%. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Braintree figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Statements
- James Cleverly on police officer numbers, PMQs 8 July 2026
James Cleverly said: “He talks about getting over the detail, but here is a simple detail for him: when I was Home Secretary, we had more police officers than at any point in British history. Since Labour taking over, that…” This page repeats what Home Office reports.
Official corrections
Records in which James Cleverly corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to James Cleverly:
- The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Sir James Cleverly MP, Andrew Griffith MP and James Wild MP about changes to Business Rates
- James Cleverly corrected a written answer on Western Sahara: Armed Forces
- James Cleverly corrected a written answer on Palestinians: Refugees
- Sir James Cleverly corrected the Commons record on Leaving the EU: Expenditure
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