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James Wild vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

James Wild and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,102 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,043 different votes 1,102 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 30 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
71 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 130 shared votes
58 Aye 72 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
709
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
716
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
13
0.9% 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

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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