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Dr Kieran Mullan vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Dr Kieran Mullan and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,135 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,091 different votes 1,135 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 30 No
Benefits 7% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 23 No
Trade 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
73 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
69 Aye 73 No
11 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
688
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
716
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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

£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£301,859
33% 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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