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Kit Malthouse vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Paula Barker voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,045 different votes 1,110 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
13 Aye 28 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
59 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 125 shared votes
65 Aye 60 No
11 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
979
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
22
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Trade
88 of 91 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 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