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Mike Reader vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Steve Barclay voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 254 different votes 263 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
0 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 376 of 650
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 395 of 650
408
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,679
2,349 eligible divisions
217
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
801
47.7 % of votes cast
191
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
878
52.3 % of votes cast
11
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
82
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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