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Steve Barclay vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,152 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,095 different votes 1,152 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
67 Aye 88 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 155 shared votes
91 Aye 64 No
57 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 104 shared votes
49 Aye 55 No
57 Aye 26 No
Migration 6% aligned 83 shared votes
23 Aye 60 No
11 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 21 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
811
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
888
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
192 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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