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John McDonnell vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,145 shared comparable votes.

1,128 same votes 17 different votes 1,145 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
86 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
86 Aye 46 No
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 16 No
Education 90% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 96% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 22 No
Benefits 96% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 98% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.9 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
591
47.1 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 58 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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