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Mark Ferguson vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Steve Barclay voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 313 different votes 319 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
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 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

89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 650
564
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,417 eligible divisions
298
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.7% of votes cast
266
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.3% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

22
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
38
-126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Contributions
139
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
6
4 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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