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Rachel Blake vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Steve Barclay voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 289 different votes 297 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
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
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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