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Alison Griffiths vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Alison Griffiths
Alison Griffiths
Con Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Alison Griffiths and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 400 different votes 409 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 330 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
458
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
205
44.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
253
55.2% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

102
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
89
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
183
+22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Contributions
85
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£182,517
19% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
7
4 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

Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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