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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.


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Steve Barclay voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 244 different votes 250 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 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
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

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 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

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
3
3 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API