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Valerie Vaz vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,334 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,334 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
98 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 164 shared votes
69 Aye 95 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
69 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
66 Aye 66 No
23 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 7 No
Benefits 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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