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Douglas Lumsden vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden
Con Aberdeen South
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 65 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 62 different votes 65 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
3 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,699 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
52.1% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
92
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
87
-77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 13 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API