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Mr Paul Foster vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Steve Barclay voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 290 different votes 300 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
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
37 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
8
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API