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Chris Hinchliff vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Chris Hinchliff and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 453 shared comparable votes.

450 same votes 3 different votes 453 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
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 95% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
255
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
257
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

122
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
143
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,907
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£174,907
23% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API