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Steve Barclay vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,194 different votes 1,253 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 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
60 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 155 shared votes
98 Aye 57 No
18 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 27 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
811
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
888
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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
192 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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