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Lewis Cocking vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 362 different votes 369 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
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 254 of 650
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 650
429
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,275
1,619 eligible divisions
198
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
667
52.3 % of votes cast
231
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
608
47.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

90
+22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Appearances
47
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
138
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
Contributions
43
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Tax
92 of 108 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 11 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
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 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API