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Ian Byrne vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby
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Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 818 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 781 different votes 818 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
13 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 10 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Migration
128 of 154 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 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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