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Graham Stringer vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Steve Barclay voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,002 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 883 different votes 1,002 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
39 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 67% aligned 95 shared votes
38 Aye 57 No
17 Aye 30 No
Transport 11% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 20 No
Defence 8% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
1,370
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,698
2,373 eligible divisions
685
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.8% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
887
52.2% of votes cast
113
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Appearances
82
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
43
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
120
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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