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Emily Darlington vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Emily Darlington and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 486 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 8 different votes 486 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
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 79% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
551
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,699 eligible divisions
288
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
52.1% of votes cast
263
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Contributions
87
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£124,936
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£124,936
45% 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API