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Nick Smith vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,238 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,181 different votes 1,238 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
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
77 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 123 shared votes
52 Aye 71 No
25 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 71 No
Migration 5% aligned 99 shared votes
68 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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