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Derek Twigg vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Derek Twigg and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.
898 same votes
19 different votes
917 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
58.2%
14% below average
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
1,407
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,699 eligible divisions
812
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
52.1% of votes cast
595
42.3% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
27
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
87
-77.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API