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Sir John Whittingdale vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Steve Barclay voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,517 shared comparable votes.

1,505 same votes 12 different votes 1,517 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
82 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
82 Aye 118 No
95 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
95 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 39 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
35 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 185 shared votes
73 Aye 112 No
12 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 132 shared votes
68 Aye 64 No
82 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
82 Aye 118 No
95 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
95 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,709
2,390 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
47.7% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
894
52.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
85
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
128
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
9
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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