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Steve Barclay vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 279 different votes 284 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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 395 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 650
1,679
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
445
563 eligible divisions
801
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
49.0 % of votes cast
878
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
227
51.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
36
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Contributions
44
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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