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Steve Barclay vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 170 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 168 different votes 170 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
3 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 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
46.1 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
1,689
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
265
575 eligible divisions
805
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
117
44.2 % of votes cast
884
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
148
55.8 % 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
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Contributions
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 111 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API