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Alan Mak vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,037 different votes 1,078 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
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
960
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
24
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API