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Chris Coghlan vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Chris Coghlan and Paula Barker voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 203 different votes 259 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 56% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 6% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

52.8%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 650
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 218 of 650
314
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,316
1,663 eligible divisions
184
58.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
52.1% of votes cast
130
41.4% of votes cast
No votes
631
47.9% 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

58
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Appearances
83
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
70
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Contributions
82
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,989
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£188,989
16% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Education
33 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Tax
70 of 112 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API