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Steve Barclay vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 280 different votes 282 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 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 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 392 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,689
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
805
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
884
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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