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Steve Barclay vs Michael Shanks

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 Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 324 different votes 333 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 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 9 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,689
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
805
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
884
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

76
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
105
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Contributions
402
+262.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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