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David Davis vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

David Davis and Paula Barker voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 735 different votes 826 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
16 Aye 21 No
Trade 22% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
64 Aye 37 No
Migration 18% aligned 101 shared votes
25 Aye 76 No
30 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 26 No
Benefits 11% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
78
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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