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Steve Barclay vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,167 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,111 different votes 1,167 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
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
63 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 162 shared votes
102 Aye 60 No
51 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 104 shared votes
55 Aye 49 No
14 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
811
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
888
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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