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Jake Richards vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Steve Barclay voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 236 different votes 241 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 649
414
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,354 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
802
47.6 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
882
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

62
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Appearances
70
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
205
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
92
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
2 % above average
4
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 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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