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Bob Blackman vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Steve Barclay voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,647 shared comparable votes.

1,608 same votes 39 different votes 1,647 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
85 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 225 shared votes
85 Aye 140 No
38 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 38 No
Trade 94% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 19 No
Housing 95% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
75 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 190 shared votes
77 Aye 113 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 44 No
Education 97% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 650
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,417 eligible divisions
990
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.7% of votes cast
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
139
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API