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Dan Aldridge vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Dan Aldridge
Dan Aldridge
Lab Weston-super-Mare
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Dan Aldridge and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 3 different votes 379 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
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
412
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
198
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
214
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% 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

17
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
Appearances
90
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
22
-141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
87
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,491
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£177,491
22% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
3 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

Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Housing
29 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API