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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Paula Barker voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 381 different votes 408 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
32 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
45 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
206
44.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
255
55.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
17
3.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

111
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649
139
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Housing
28 of 32 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