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Steve Barclay vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,342 different votes 1,408 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
69 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 164 shared votes
98 Aye 66 No
71 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 136 shared votes
68 Aye 68 No
15 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 34 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 31 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
811
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
888
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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