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Stephen Doughty vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,099 different votes 1,155 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
89 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
69 Aye 89 No
57 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
20 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 404 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
783
47.4 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
870
52.6 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
51
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 648
Contributions
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 65 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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