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Euan Stainbank vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Euan Stainbank
Euan Stainbank
Lab Falkirk
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Euan Stainbank and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 5 different votes 483 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
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 15 No
Benefits 87% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 30 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
550
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
273
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
277
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
4
0.7% 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

160
+70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
89
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
202
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
Contributions
85
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£165,434
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£165,434
27% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
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 rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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