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Elaine Stewart vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Elaine Stewart and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 6 different votes 352 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
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
44 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 72% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
44 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

62.3%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
396
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
1,704 eligible divisions
181
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
706
52.1% of votes cast
215
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
649
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

39
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
Appearances
97
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
49
-118.1 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Contributions
89
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£207,074
8% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
3 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
16 of 20 votes
#1
Housing
53 of 55 votes
Housing
26 of 33 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Tax
90 of 122 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API