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Edward Argar vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,162 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,116 different votes 1,162 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
17 Aye 31 No
Benefits 6% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
73 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 135 shared votes
62 Aye 73 No
11 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 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

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API