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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 1,359 shared comparable votes.

1,355 same votes 4 different votes 1,359 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
75 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
75 Aye 107 No
68 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
68 Aye 71 No
42 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
75 Aye 107 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
75 Aye 107 No
68 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
68 Aye 71 No
42 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

71.6%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
1,722
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
824
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.8% of votes cast
898
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
905
53.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
130
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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
£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
17
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
193 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API