Rt Hon Steve Barclay, MP for North East Cambridgeshire
Steve Barclay has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Liaison Committee (Commons); House of Commons Commission; Restoration and Renewal Client Board.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2022 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office) | 2022 | |
| Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office) | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Department for Exiting the European Union ) | 2018 to 2020 | |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2018 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2015 to 2016 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| House of Commons Commission | 2024 to now | Now |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 2024 to now | Now |
| Members Estimate Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2021 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2010 to 2014 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Steve Barclay has 17 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 28 August 2026 - £4,000.00 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 July 2026 - £4,000.00 | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 June 2026 - £4,000.00 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 28 May 2026 - £4,000.00 | 29 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 April 2026 - £4,000.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 March 2026 - £4,000.00 | 30 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 27 February 2026 - £4,000.00 | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 January 2026 - £4,000.00 | 30 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 23 December 2025 - £4,000.00 | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 27 November 2025 - £4,000.00 | 28 Nov 2025 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Mr Ian Crewe - £3,000.00 | 28 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 31 October 2025 - £4,000.00 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 September 2025 - £4,000.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 August 2025 - £4,000.00 | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Consultant - BPP Holdings Limited (BPP), | 23 Apr 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Nene Advisory Limited | 25 Mar 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid directorship of Nene Advisory Limited | 25 Mar 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Steve Barclay asked 107 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
96 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Steve Barclay represents North East Cambridgeshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Steve Barclay won with 41% of the votes, and Chris Thornhill (Reform UK) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Barclay | Conservative | 16,246 | 41.5% |
| Chris Thornhill | Reform UK | 9,057 | 23.1% |
| Javeria Hussain | Labour | 8,008 | 20.4% |
| David Chalmers | Liberal Democrat | 2,716 | 6.9% |
| Andrew Crawford | Green Party | 2,001 | 5.1% |
| David Patrick | Independent | 958 | 2.4% |
| Clayton Payne | Workers Party of Britain | 190 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Steve Barclay took part in 174 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Steve Barclay voted the same way as their party in 173 of the 173 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
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| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
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