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David Smith vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Steve Barclay voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 256 different votes 262 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
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 446 of 650
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 395 of 650
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,679
2,349 eligible divisions
194
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
801
47.7 % of votes cast
196
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
878
52.3 % of votes cast
14
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Contributions
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
5
2 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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API