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Melanie Ward vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and Steve Barclay voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 301 different votes 312 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 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
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
14
3.1% 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

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
83
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
93
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Contributions
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
5
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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
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