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Alex Burghart vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,062 different votes 1,099 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
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 25 No
Benefits 3% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 13 No
Transport 3% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
44 Aye 78 No
Tax 2% aligned 122 shared votes
75 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
935
51.8% 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
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
188 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 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