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Steve Barclay vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Steve Barclay and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,332 shared comparable votes.

1,329 same votes 3 different votes 1,332 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
74 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
74 Aye 107 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
42 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 181 shared votes
70 Aye 111 No
74 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
74 Aye 107 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
42 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 25 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.5%
same as average
Rank 379 of 649
Participation
70.5%
1% below average
Rank 410 of 649
1,694
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,669
2,368 eligible divisions
808
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
775
46.4% of votes cast
886
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
894
53.6% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
115
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
Contributions
65
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API