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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.

Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire
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Photograph of Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 153 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 151 different votes 153 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 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
783
47.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
870
52.6 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 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
£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
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
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 65 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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