At a glanceSteve Barclay is a Conservative MP for North East Cambridgeshire, and has represented the seat for 16 years, 2 months. They have cast 356 votes in Commons divisions (62% attendance), tabled 322 written questions and registered 17 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Steve Barclay did not vote in 219. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- House of Commons Commission Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- Members Estimate Committee Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- Liaison Committee (Commons) Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- Finance Committee (Commons) Committee · Chair since 3 Dec 2024
- Finance Committee (Commons) Committee since 25 Nov 2024
- North East Cambridgeshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 328 of 328 shared votes
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Alberto Costa
Conservative
100.0% · 302 of 302 shared votes
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Helen Whately
Conservative
100.0% · 297 of 297 shared votes
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David Simmonds
Conservative
100.0% · 276 of 276 shared votes
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Wendy Morton
Conservative
100.0% · 260 of 260 shared votes
Votes least like
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
0.3% · 1 of 302 shared votes
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Sarah Edwards
Labour
0.4% · 1 of 230 shared votes
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Steve Reed
Labour (Co-op)
0.6% · 1 of 161 shared votes
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.7% · 2 of 282 shared votes
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Mr Connor Rand
Labour
0.9% · 2 of 231 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings1
- Consultant - BPP Holdings Limited (BPP), (registered 23 Apr 2025)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments13
- Payment received on 29 June 2026 - £4,000.00 (registered 29 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 28 May 2026 - £4,000.00 (registered 29 May 2026)
- Payment received on 29 April 2026 - £4,000.00 (registered 30 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 30 March 2026 - £4,000.00 (registered 30 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 27 February 2026 - £4,000.00 (registered 3 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 29 January 2026 - £4,000.00 (registered 30 Jan 2026)
- Payment received on 23 December 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 7 Jan 2026)
- Payment received on 27 November 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 28 Nov 2025)
- Payment received on 31 October 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 31 Oct 2025)
- Payment received on 29 September 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 30 Sep 2025)
- Payment received on 29 August 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 4 Sep 2025)
- Payment received on 30 July 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 30 Jul 2025)
- Payment received on 27 June 2025 - £4,000.00 (registered 8 Jul 2025)
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Mr Ian Crewe - £3,000.00 (registered 28 Nov 2025)
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Nene Advisory Limited (registered 25 Mar 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid directorship of Nene Advisory Limited (registered 25 Mar 2025)
Written questions
Housing Estates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the issue of unfinished and unadopted housing estates.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 8493 on 22 June 2026.
Reserve Forces: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if they will provide additional detail on the commitment to ‘protecting time, funding, and equipment for Reserves in training’ in the Defence Investment Plan, including timescales, benchmarks and KPIs.
Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Defence.
Reserve Forces: Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional equipment will be available to members of the UK Active Reserve as a result of the Defence Investment Plan.
Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Defence.
Reserve Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the number of additional members of the UK Active Reserve across each service that will be recruited as a result of the Defence Investment Plan.
Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Defence.
Reserve Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the number of paid reserve service days budgeted for in 2026/27.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 16 July 2026 to question 10212. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-16/10212
Reserve Forces: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned breakdown is of the £4.2 billion allocated to Reserves in the Defence Investment Plan by (a) service and (b) financial year, for each year between 2026/27 and 2029/30.
Awaiting an answer from the Ministry of Defence.
Prescriptions: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer to Question 10108 on 24 June 2026, where data on NHS prescriptions issued to not ordinarily resident overseas visitors is held.
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
This data is not routinely collected.
Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding through the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund has been awarded to projects focused on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs).
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
The Government has committed up to £520m for life sciences manufacturing, through the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF). The scheme launched in October 2024 and will deliver funding until March 2030. Projects focused on Advanced Therapy ...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
Labour Members will recall the political pain that I am sure many of them faced when the winter fuel proposal was announced. It was put forward to save around £1.3 billion to £1.5 billion a year. They will also recall the angst, the minist…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
When a Minister comes to the House on the last day before summer recess to announce proposals that his own MPs describe as “utterly unacceptable”, “sacrificing their communities” and “a disgrace”, and other proposals such as those for Camb…
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
Could the Minister clarify why the efficiency target has gone up over 73% in a year compared with the strategic defence review? Was the SDR just too unambitious?
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
Will the Minister give way?
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the broader point, which is the lack of detail on reserves, other than to say that it is all being parked until the next Parliament. That is a wasted opportunity. Reservists also need clearer comm…
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
The hon. Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) has highlighted a number of pertinent questions that collectively pointed to the increased threat that we face. I also very much agree with the hon. Member for Macclesfield (Tim Ro…
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
Will the Minister give way?
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
If this is an issue of practicalities, as we have heard, can we not assume that there might be common ground on the idea of withdrawing visas from those countries that will not take back their offenders? That would lessen the pressure to r…
7 Jul 2026 Draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Key Route Network) (Amendment) Order 2026
I very much support the desire for the west midlands, like other places, to have consistency with mayoral authorities—but that is not what the Government are doing elsewhere. Take Cambridge: we have a metro mayor in Cambridgeshire and the …
6 Jul 2026 Environmental Protection
The Minister was just talking about metrics. Further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mr Snowden), will she say a little more about organised crime? In assessing the effectiveness of these changes, what key metrics…
30 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan
The strategic defence review highlighted the importance of the active reserve, but the defence investment plan shows that there is no increase in reserve numbers this Parliament. Remarkably, the reserve is not mentioned in the land section…
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
Your party’s going through them pretty quick, too!
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
indicated assent.
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
I thank the Minister for giving way. I will take your steer, Sir John, and make this my last intervention. The Minister has tempted me to intervene once more, because the exact justification that she gave for the cost of compliance being 1…
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
Will the Minister not give way on that specific point?
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
Will the Minister give way?
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
I fear that I may have read the legislation a little more closely than the Minister. Some media reports suggest what compliance with this regulation would involve for a company. We are talking about conducting an environmental impact asses…
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
The typical cost—the average cost?
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
My reading last night suggested that it was just £50,000. It is interesting that the Minister does not know what the fine actually is. What does she think the cost of complying with the EIA requirement would be for a company?
9 Jun 2026 Draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026
What is the maximum fine for a company that does not comply with this regulation?
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 13 Nov 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care · Department of Health and Social Care 25 Oct 2022 – 13 Nov 2023
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care · Department of Health and Social Care 5 Jul 2022 – 6 Sep 2022
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster · Cabinet Office 8 Feb 2022 – 5 Jul 2022
- Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster · Cabinet Office 16 Sep 2021 – 8 Feb 2022
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury · HM Treasury 13 Feb 2020 – 16 Sep 2021
- Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union · Department for Exiting the European Union 16 Nov 2018 – 31 Jan 2020
- Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) · Department of Health and Social Care 9 Jan 2018 – 16 Nov 2018
- Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 14 Jun 2017 – 9 Jan 2018
- Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) · HM Treasury 17 Jul 2016 – 14 Jun 2017
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 13 May 2015 – 17 Jul 2016
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 8 Jul 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 1 Oct 2021 – 7 Dec 2021
- Public Accounts Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 23 Jun 2014
Previous seats
- North East Cambridgeshire · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Lancaster and Wyre 7 Jun 2001
- Manchester, Blackley 1 May 1997
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 7117
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
MJS House, Wisbech Road, Westry, March, PE15 0BA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Steve Barclay, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Steve Barclay?
Steve Barclay is a Member of Parliament representing North East Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons. See Steve Barclay's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Steve Barclay represent?
Steve Barclay sits as Conservative. See Steve Barclay's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Steve Barclay represent?
Steve Barclay is the Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire. See Steve Barclay's official Parliament profile.
How long has Steve Barclay been an MP?
Steve Barclay has served in the House of Commons for 16 years, 2 months. See Steve Barclay's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Steve Barclay?
Steve Barclay has 17 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Steve Barclay's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.