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Chris Law vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Paula Barker voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 601 shared comparable votes.

531 same votes 70 different votes 601 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
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 50% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
55 Aye 36 No
Tax 57% aligned 91 shared votes
64 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
89
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
66
-94.1 vs Commons average
Rank 482 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

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
8
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API