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Lisa Smart vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Paula Barker voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 260 different votes 336 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 0 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 53% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 9% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

177
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Appearances
82
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
250
+102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
82
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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