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Greg Smith vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Paula Barker voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,169 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,137 different votes 1,169 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
10 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
48 Aye 92 No
Tax 2% aligned 140 shared votes
89 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 28 No
Migration 0% aligned 126 shared votes
28 Aye 98 No
28 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 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

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

212
+129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
252
+108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 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
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API