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Ian Sollom vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Ian Sollom and Paula Barker voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 291 different votes 375 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 0 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 38% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
229
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
209
47.7% 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

87
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
82
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
98
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Contributions
82
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£208,212
8% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
2
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

#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Education
43 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