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Barry Gardiner vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Barry Gardiner and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 945 shared comparable votes.
933 same votes
12 different votes
945 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.6%
6% below average
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
1,687 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
86
-2.8 vs Commons average
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
83
-71.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API