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James McMurdock vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Steve Barclay voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

155 same votes 5 different votes 160 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
16 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

41.6%
30% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
71.5%
same as average
Rank 379 of 649
242
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,694
2,368 eligible divisions
119
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
47.7% of votes cast
123
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
886
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.4% 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

26
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Appearances
80
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
31
-108.4 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
115
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
2
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
19 of 31 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API