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Matt Western vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
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Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,048 different votes 1,100 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
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
84 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 141 shared votes
57 Aye 84 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 9 No
Benefits 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
3
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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