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Georgia Gould vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould
Lab Queen's Park and Maida Vale
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Georgia Gould and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 7 different votes 323 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
46 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
46 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 63% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
46 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
46 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

58.6%
14% below average
Rank 580 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
373
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
1,704 eligible divisions
182
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
706
52.1% of votes cast
191
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
649
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, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
97
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
325
+157.9 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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

£224,197
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£224,197
1% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 33 votes
#1
Housing
53 of 55 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Tax
88 of 122 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
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
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 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
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API