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Dr Marie Tidball vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Dr Marie Tidball
Dr Marie Tidball
Lab Penistone and Stocksbridge
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Dr Marie Tidball and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 431 shared comparable votes.

428 same votes 3 different votes 431 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
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 241 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
485
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
232
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
253
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

50
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
89
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
59
-102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
85
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£221,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£221,186
2% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API