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Steve Barclay vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Jim Allister voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

223 same votes 13 different votes 236 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
10 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 83% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 404 of 648
Participation
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
526 eligible divisions
783
47.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
48.7 % of votes cast
870
52.6 % of votes cast
No votes
195
51.3 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 648
Appearances
149
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
68
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Contributions
180
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API