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David Reed vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

David Reed and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 276 different votes 288 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
188
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
180
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

120
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
179
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 162 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

£195,694
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£195,694
13% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Energy
15 of 20 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Tax
80 of 112 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