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Keir Mather vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 476 shared comparable votes.

470 same votes 6 different votes 476 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
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 84% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 97% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
615
826 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
297
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
318
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
3 years, 3 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

106
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Appearances
89
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
575
+419.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
85
-71.0 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above 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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Transport
31 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API