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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Barclay voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,520 shared comparable votes.

1,485 same votes 35 different votes 1,520 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
71 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
71 Aye 134 No
33 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 36 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 36 No
Trade 93% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
92 Aye 39 No
Migration 94% aligned 131 shared votes
92 Aye 39 No
71 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 187 shared votes
75 Aye 112 No
11 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,417 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.7% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
139
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
6
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API