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Alistair Strathern vs Steve Barclay

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

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Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Steve Barclay voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 382 different votes 394 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 13% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 396 of 649
587
742 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,359 eligible divisions
302
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
805
47.7 % of votes cast
285
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
882
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
74
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
71
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Contributions
103
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
2 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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