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Helen Whately vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,066 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,023 different votes 1,066 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
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 31 No
Benefits 6% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
61 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
50 Aye 63 No
19 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
9
2 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

Trade
86 of 91 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API