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Jeremy Corbyn vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Paula Barker voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 839 shared comparable votes.

729 same votes 110 different votes 839 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
22 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
22 Aye 91 No
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 7 No
Education 60% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 18 No
Housing 65% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 77% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 111 shared votes
46 Aye 65 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 87% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

62.3 %
10 % below average
Rank 554 of 650
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 650
1,457
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,275
1,619 eligible divisions
805
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
667
52.3 % of votes cast
652
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
608
47.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Appearances
47
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
151
+31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
43
-76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
29
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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

Migration
142 of 169 votes
#1
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API