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Steve Barclay vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,237 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,175 different votes 1,237 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
66 Aye 90 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 156 shared votes
93 Aye 63 No
42 Aye 34 No
Migration 7% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
73 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 127 shared votes
55 Aye 72 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 26 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 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 394 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
811
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
888
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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