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Fred Thomas vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Steve Barclay voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 240 different votes 243 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 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

69.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 442 of 647
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 400 of 647
374
538 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,662
2,324 eligible divisions
219
58.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
790
47.5 % of votes cast
155
41.4 % of votes cast
No votes
872
52.5 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

31
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 647
Appearances
60
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 647
37
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 647
Contributions
79
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
8
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
20 of 22 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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