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Matt Bishop vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Steve Barclay voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 185 different votes 190 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
6
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

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