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Claire Young vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Paula Barker voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 268 different votes 355 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
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 45% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 9% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
201
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
628
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

143
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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