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Brian Mathew vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Steve Barclay voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

188 same votes 54 different votes 242 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
22 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 95% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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