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Steve Barclay vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 263 different votes 269 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
37 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 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 396 of 650
Participation
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 356 of 650
1,680
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
564 eligible divisions
801
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
214
51.8 % of votes cast
879
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
199
48.2 % 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

66
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
48
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
85
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Contributions
210
+82.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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