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John McDonnell vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Steve Barclay voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,358 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,300 different votes 1,358 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
34 Aye 17 No
Education 8% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
95 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 161 shared votes
68 Aye 93 No
23 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
63 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
72 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
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