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Ian Roome vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Paula Barker voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 204 different votes 277 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 22 No
Tax 9% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 10% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
142
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% 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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API